| People v Thomas |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 07557 [154 AD3d 623] |
| October 31, 2017 |
| 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 Brian Thomas, Appellant. |
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered December 16, 2015, unanimously affirmed.
Although we find that defendant did not make a valid waiver of the right to appeal, we perceive no basis for reducing the sentence. Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Gische, Kapnick and Kahn, JJ.