Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid and does not preclude review of his excessive sentence claim. The Supreme Court's terse colloquy did not provide the defendant with an explanation of the nature of the right to appeal or explain the consequences of waiving that right (see People v Bradshaw,
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