People v. Belle

People v Belle (2018 NY Slip Op 00529)
People v Belle
2018 NY Slip Op 00529
Decided on January 30, 2018
Appellate Division, First Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.


Decided on January 30, 2018
Friedman, J.P., Gische, Mazzarelli, Kern, Singh, JJ.

2050/10 5562A 642/11 5562

[*1] The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Joseph Belle, Defendant-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.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JANUARY 30, 2018

CLERK