It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his Alford plea of guilty, of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35[4]). We agree with defendant that his "waiver of the right to appeal was invalid, because [it] encompassed post-conviction motions" (People v Suarez-Montoya, 183 A.D.3d 765, 765 [2d Dept 2020]; see People v Byrd,
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