| People v Hutchinson |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 03873 [195 AD3d 1242] |
| June 17, 2021 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| The People of the State of New York,
Respondent, v Jonathan Hutchinson, Appellant. |
G. Scott Walling, Slingerlands, for appellant.
David J. Clegg, Kingston (Joan Gudesblatt Lamb of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams, J.), rendered September 11, 2018, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree.
In satisfaction of a two-count indictment and with the understanding that he would be
sentenced to 4
Appellate counsel seeks to be relieved of his assignment of representing defendant on the ground that there are no nonfrivolous issues that may be raised on appeal. Based upon our review of the record and counsel's brief, we agree. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed and counsel's request for leave to withdraw is granted (see People v Cruwys, 113 AD2d 979, 980 [1985], lv denied 67 NY2d 650 [1986]; see generally People v Beaty, 22 NY3d 490 [2014]; People v Stokes, 95 NY2d 633 [2001]).
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Clark, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, and application to be relieved of assignment granted.