It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of two counts of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]). We note at the outset that defendant's purported waiver of the right to appeal is invalid. County Court failed to obtain a knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to appeal at the time of the plea (see People v Brown,
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