| People v Ortega |
| 2016 NY Slip Op 08013 [144 AD3d 604] |
| November 29, 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 Jose Ortega, Appellant. |
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (David J. Klem of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Shannon Henderson of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis J. Boyle, J.), rendered July 17, 2014, as amended August 21, 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—Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Saxe, Kapnick and Gesmer, JJ.