Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The record of the plea proceeding demonstrates that the defendant received a thorough oral explanation of the nature of the right to appeal and the consequences of waiving that right, and that he understood that the right to appeal was separate and distinct from those rights automatically forfeited upon a plea of guilty (see People v Li,
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