People v. Thomas

• Decision Date: 26 August 2020
• Docket Number: Ind. No. 3735/17,2017–12080
• Citation: 127 N.Y.S.3d 764 (Mem),186 A.D.3d 876
• Parties: The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent, v. William THOMAS, Appellant.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

186 A.D.3d 876

127 N.Y.S.3d 764 (Mem)

The PEOPLE, etc., Respondent,

v.William THOMAS, Appellant.

2017–12080

Ind. No. 3735/17

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

Submitted—March 5, 2020

August 26, 2020

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, N.Y. (Martin B. Sawyer of counsel), for appellant.

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

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LEONARD B. AUSTIN, SYLVIA O. HINDS–RADIX, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Martin P. Murphy, J.), rendered September 18, 2017, as amended October 4, 2017, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh 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 he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

ORDERED that the judgment, as amended, 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. ; 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 ).

RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, HINDS–RADIX and CHRISTOPHER, JJ., concur.