Defendant made a valid waiver of his right to appeal, which forecloses review of his excessive sentence claim. The court expressly ascertained from defendant that, as a condition of the plea, he was agreeing to waive his right to appeal, and the court did not conflate that right with those automatically forfeited by a guilty plea (see People v Lopez,
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