Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid because the Supreme Court failed to sufficiently explain the appellate rights that the defendant was being asked to waive and did not explain that those rights were separate and distinct from the rights forfeited with a plea of guilty. The record does not demonstrate that the defendant "grasped the concept of the appeal waiver and the nature of the right he was...
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