Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid (see People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545 [2019]). The County Court's statement to the defendant that by waiving his right to appeal, the defendant's "sentence and conviction here will be final," without more, suggested that the waiver may be an absolute bar to the taking of an appeal (see id.; People v Aquino, 184 A.D.3d 656, 657 [2020]). However...
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