People v. Gonzalez

2019 NY Slip Op 7224

Opinion

People v Gonzalez (2019 NY Slip Op 07224)

People v Gonzalez

2019 NY Slip Op 07224

Decided on October 8, 2019

Appellate Division, First 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 October 8, 2019
Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Richter, Mazzarelli, Webber, JJ.

10024 791/16

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

v

Demetrius Gonzalez, Defendant-Appellant.

Christina A. Swarns, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Victorien Wu of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Ryan J. Foley of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Albert Lorenzo, J. at plea and sentence), rendered December 8, 2016, unanimously affirmed.

Although we find that defendant did not make a valid waiver of the right to appeal, we perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: OCTOBER 8, 2019

CLERK