The order of the Appellate Division should be modified by vacating the conviction for count 3 and dismissing that count of the indictment and, as so modified, affirmed.
A multiplicitous indictment "creates the risk that a defendant will be punished for, or stigmatized with a conviction of, more crimes than [they] actually committed" (People v Alonzo,
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