Order reversed, on the law, and proceeding remanded to the County Court for a hearing and a new determination.
In our opinion, defendant's claim that his retained counsel agreed to file a notice of appeal, but failed to file it, presented a question of fact sufficient to require a hearing; and retained counsel's affidavit categorically denying defendant's claim should not have been accorded conclusive effect (People v. Callaway,
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