| People v Rivera |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 07276 [144 AD3d 451] |
| November 3, 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 Luis Rivera, Appellant. |
Seymour W. James, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Joanne Legano Ross of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Justin J. Braun of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered June 28, 2013, unanimously affirmed.
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—Friedman, J.P., Feinman, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.