People v. Rivera

2017 NY Slip Op 8477

Opinion

People v Rivera (2017 NY Slip Op 08477)

People v Rivera

2017 NY Slip Op 08477

Decided on December 5, 2017

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 December 5, 2017
Gische, J.P., Kapnick, Oing, Moulton, JJ.

5126 3279/13

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

v

Joseline Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Anokhi A. Shah of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Emily Chalela of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven L. Barrett, J., at plea and sentence), rendered May 10, 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: DECEMBER 5, 2017

CLERK