Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant did not validly waive his right to appeal, since the County Court failed to distinguish between the rights automatically forfeited as a consequence of the defendant's plea of guilty and the separate and distinct right to appeal (see People v Fortier,
Since...
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