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The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Nicholas P. Difonzo of Counsel), for Defendant-Appellant. Michael J. Keane, Acting District Attorney, Buffalo (Harmony A. Healy of Counsel), for Respondent. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Paul Wojtaszek, J.), rendered July 12, 2021. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a guilty plea, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his guilty plea, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (Penal Law § 265.03 [3]). Even assuming, arguendo, that defendant’s waiver of the right to appeal is invalid (see People v. Vilella, 213 AD3d 1282, 1283 [4th Dept 2023], lv denied 39 NY3d 1157 [2023]; People v. Hemphill, 192 AD3d 1479, 1480 [4th Dept 2021]; see generally People v. Thomas, 34 NY3d 545, 564-566 [2019], cert denied — US —, 140 S Ct 2634 [2020]) and thus does not preclude our review of his challenge to his sentence, we conclude that the sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

 
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