| People v Belle |
| 2018 NY Slip Op 00529 [157 AD3d 649] |
| January 30, 2018 |
| 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 Joseph Belle, Appellant. |
Christina Swarns, Office of The Appellate Defender, New York (William Kendall of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Diana J. Lewis of counsel), for respondent.
Judgments, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered November 30, 2012, 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—Friedman, J.P., Gische, Mazzarelli, Kern, Singh, JJ.