| People v James |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 05046 [140 AD3d 592] |
| June 23, 2016 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Julian James, Appellant. |
Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Eve Kessler of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Ryan P. Mansell of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John S. Moore, J., at plea; Albert
Lorenzo, J., at sentencing), rendered February 6, 2014 convicting defendant, upon his
plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, and
sentencing him to a term of 2
Although we do not find that defendant made a valid waiver of the right to appeal, we perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur—Tom, J.P., Friedman, Richter, Kapnick and Gesmer, JJ.