Initially, we note that the People do not dispute the applicability, to defendant's CPL 440.10 motion, of Padilla v Kentucky (559 U.S. 356 [2010]), which was decided while defendant's direct appeal was pending.
The motion court erred in holding that it was "constrained," by People v Diaz (
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