Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted, upon her plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree. At the time of sentencing, the defendant was 69 years old and had no prior criminal record.
There is no indication in the record that the defendant understood the distinction between the right to appeal and other trial rights which are forfeited incident to a plea of guilty (see People v Jacob,
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