| People v Cooke |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 03213 [94 AD3d 1137] |
| April 24, 2012 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Arthur Cooke, Appellant. |
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Kathleen M. Rice, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Sarah S. Rabinowitz and Matthew C.
Frankel of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Sullivan, J.), rendered June 30, 2009, convicting him of arson in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), in which he 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 US 738 [1967]), 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 Anders v California, 386 US 738 [1967]; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.], 89 AD3d 252 [2011]; People v Paige, 54 AD2d 631 [1976]; cf. People v Gonzalez, 47 NY2d 606 [1979]). Angiolillo, J.P., Belen, Lott and Miller, JJ., concur.