People v. Brooks

• Decision Date: 06 March 2019
• Docket Number: Ind.No. 2300/15,2016–08410
• Citation: 170 A.D.3d 741,93 N.Y.S.3d 608 (Mem)
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. Taquan BROOKS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

170 A.D.3d 741

93 N.Y.S.3d 608 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.Taquan BROOKS, Appellant.

2016–08410

Ind.No. 2300/15

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted - November 28, 2018

March 6, 2019

Janet E. Sabel, New York, N.Y. (Kristina Schwarz of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel), for respondent.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, SHERI S. ROMAN, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County ( John G. Ingram, J.), rendered July 7, 2016, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, in which she moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by the defendant's assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v. California , 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, 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. ; People v. Murray, ––– A.D.3d ––––, ––– N.Y.S.3d ––––, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 01101, 2019 WL 575762 [2d Dept. 2019] ; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.], 89 A.D.3d 252, 931 N.Y.S.2d 676 ; People v. Paige, 54 A.D.2d 631, 387 N.Y.S.2d 399 ; cf. People v. Gonzalez, 47 N.Y.2d 606, 419 N.Y.S.2d 913, 393 N.E.2d 987 ).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., AUSTIN, ROMAN, MALTESE and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.