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 his excessive sentence claim. The Supreme Court's limited colloquy did not ensure that the defendant understood the nature of the right to appeal or the distinction between the right to appeal and the other trial rights which are forfeited incident to a plea of guilty (see People v Lopez,
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