Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of the right to appeal was invalid and, thus, does not preclude review of her excessive sentence claim. The record does not demonstrate that the defendant understood the distinction between the right to appeal and other trial rights forfeited incident to her plea of guilty (see People v Kupershmidt,
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