People v Williams

People v Williams 2013 NY Slip Op 02602 Decided on April 17, 2013 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on April 17, 2013
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKAPPELLATE DIVISION : SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.
2009-01916
(Ind. No. 07-01534)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,

v

Dwight Williams, appellant.




Richard L. Herzfeld, P.C., New York, N.Y., for appellant.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie
Sapakoff and Steven Bender of
counsel), for respondent.


DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Molea, J.), rendered January 13, 2009, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by the defendant's assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v California (386 US 738), and, upon an independent review of the record, we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on appeal. Counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel is, therefore, granted (see Anders v California, 386 US 738; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.], 89 AD3d 252; People v Paige, 54 AD2d 631; cf. People v Gonzalez, 47 NY2d 606).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, AUSTIN and SGROI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court