Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid because the County Court's colloquy failed to ensure that the defendant understood the distinction between the right to appeal and the other rights that are automatically forfeited upon a plea of guilty (see People v Resnick,
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