Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid, as the Supreme Court mischaracterized the nature of the waiver by stating, inter alia, that the defendant was giving up his right to appeal his case and his right to have an attorney assigned on appeal (see People v Thomas, 34 N.Y.3d 545, 563-566 [2019]). Where, as here, "a trial court has utterly mischaracterized the nature of the right a defendant was...
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