Although the scope of appeal in a criminal case after a guilty plea is narrowly limited, one of the questions reviewable by an Appellate Division is the severity of sentence. Where the defendant is still actually serving under a sentence claimed to be excessive, he may raise that question on appeal. Within People v. Lynn (
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