SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
1327
KA 10-01979
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., PERADOTTO, LINDLEY, GREEN, AND MARTOCHE, JJ.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,
V ORDER
RICHARD A. ORTIZ, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
ROBERT M. PUSATERI, CONFLICT DEFENDER, LOCKPORT (EDWARD P. PERLMAN OF
COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
MICHAEL J. VIOLANTE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LOCKPORT (THOMAS H. BRANDT OF
COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.
Appeal from a judgment of the Niagara County Court (Sara S.
Sperrazza, J.), rendered August 12, 2009. The judgment convicted
defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a
controlled substance in the fourth degree.
It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is
unanimously affirmed (see People v Hidalgo, 91 NY2d 733, 737).
Entered: December 23, 2011 Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court