People v Williams (Samuel)

[*1] People v Williams (Samuel) 2016 NY Slip Op 51732(U) Decided on November 28, 2016 Appellate Term, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on November 28, 2016
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, SECOND DEPARTMENT, 9th and 10th JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
PRESENT: : BRANDS, J.P., MARANO and TOLBERT, JJ.
2014-1073 W CR

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

against

Samuel Williams, Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the City Court of Mount Vernon, Westchester County (William Edwards, J., at plea; Mark A. Gross, J., at sentencing), rendered April 28, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]) seeking leave to withdraw as counsel.

ORDERED that the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by defendant's assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), 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 id.; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.], 89 AD3d 252 [2011]; People v Paige, 54 AD2d 631 [1976]; cf. People v Gonzalez, 47 NY2d 606 [1979]).

Brands, J.P., Marano and Tolbert, JJ., concur.

Decision Date: November 28, 2016