People v Somers
2006 NY Slip Op 08842 [34 AD3d 1132]
November 30, 2006
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, January 17, 2007


The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Raymond J. Somers, Appellant.

[*1]Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered February 14, 2005, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of incest.

In satisfaction of a six-count indictment, defendant pleaded guilty to incest. In accordance with the plea agreement, he was sentenced as a second felony offender to the minimum permissible term of imprisonment of 1½ to 3 years (see Penal Law § 70.06 [3] [e]; [4] [b]). He now appeals.

Counsel for defendant seeks to be relieved of his assignment of representing defendant on the ground that there are no nonfrivolous issues to be raised on appeal. Based upon our review of the record and appellate counsel's brief, we agree. Therefore, the judgment is affirmed and the application to be relieved of assignment is granted (see People v Cruwys, 113 AD2d 979 [1985], lv denied 67 NY2d 650 [1986]; see generally People v Stokes, 95 NY2d 633 [2001]).

Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Peters, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and application to be relieved of assignment granted.