It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, two counts of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1], [3]). We agree with defendant that his waiver of the right to appeal is invalid because neither the written plea agreement nor the plea colloquy established that defendant understood the distinction between the right...
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