| People v Ortega |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 07609 [144 AD3d 507] |
| November 15, 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 Angel Ortega, Appellant. |
Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Samuel J. Mendez of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Robert McIver of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Judith Lieb, J.), rendered March 7, 2014, as amended April 3, 2014, 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—Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Saxe, Feinman and Gische, JJ.