People v. Ayala

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Freehill, J.), rendered November 10, 2015, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s purported waiver of his right to appeal was invalid. The record does not sufficiently demonstrate that the defendant understood the concept of the right to appeal and fully appreciated the consequences of waiving that right (see generally People v Bradshaw, 18 NY3d 257, 264-267 [2011]; People…