People v. Ortega

2016 NY Slip Op 7609

Opinion

People v Ortega (2016 NY Slip Op 07609)

People v Ortega

2016 NY Slip Op 07609

Decided on November 15, 2016

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 November 15, 2016
Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Feinman, Gische, JJ.

2215 1956/12

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

v

Angel Ortega, Defendant-Appellant.

Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Samuel J. Mendez of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Robert McIver of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Judith Lieb, J.), rendered March 7, 2014, as amended April 3, 2014, unanimously affirmed.

Although we do not find that defendant made 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: NOVEMBER 15, 2016

DEPUTY CLERK