Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal is invalid, as the County Court failed to ascertain "that the defendant understood the nature of the appellate rights being waived" and the consequences of waiving those rights (People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545, 559 [2019]). Furthermore, the court failed to indicate that certain rights are nonwaivable and incorrectly suggested that the waiver was an absolute bar to...
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