Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Following his conviction of murder in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.27 [1] [a] [vii]), the defendant, who faced a possible death sentence, agreed to waive his appellate rights in exchange for a promised sentence of life without parole. Nonetheless, the defendant filed and prosecuted this appeal, raising a number of issues, claiming that his waiver is not enforceable because, inter alia, he faced a possible death sentence...
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