People v Morales

People v Morales 2009 NY Slip Op 08089 [67 AD3d 1129] November 12, 2009 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Frank Morales, Appellant.

—[*1] Michael P. Graven, Owego, for appellant.

Gerald F. Mollen, District Attorney, Binghamton (Karin L. Intermill of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered August 5, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree.

Defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. In accordance with the terms of the plea agreement, he was sentenced as a second felony offender to the minimum period of incarceration, six years in prison, to be followed by three years of postrelease supervision. He now appeals.

Appellate counsel seeks to be relieved of his assignment of representing defendant on the ground that there are no nonfrivolous issues to be raised on appeal. Based upon our review of the record and counsel's brief, we agree. Therefore, the judgment is affirmed and counsel's request for leave to withdraw is granted (see People v Cruwys, 113 AD2d 979, 980 [1985], lv denied 67 NY2d 650 [1986]; see generally People v Stokes, 95 NY2d 633 [2001]).

Mercure, J.P., Peters, Rose, Malone Jr. and Garry, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and application to be relieved of assignment granted.