Opinion
2021-07027
12-16-2021
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Malquan Junious, Appellant.
Clea Weiss, Ithaca, for appellant. Weeden A. Wetmore, District Attorney, Elmira (William D.VanDelinder of counsel), for respondent.
Calendar Date: November 12, 2021
Clea Weiss, Ithaca, for appellant.
Weeden A. Wetmore, District Attorney, Elmira (William D.VanDelinder of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Rich Jr., J.), rendered September 5, 2018, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree.
Defendant was charged by indictment with promoting prison contraband in the first degree for possessing a weapon while serving a prison sentence (see People v Junious, 145 A.D.3d 1606 [2016], lv denied 29 N.Y.3d 1033 [2017]). Pursuant to a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree. County Court sentenced him, as a second felony offender, to the agreed-upon term of 1½ to 3 years in prison, to run consecutively to the sentence that he was then serving. Defendant appeals.
Appellate counsel seeks to be relieved of her assignment of representing defendant on the basis that there are no nonfrivolous issues to be raised on appeal. Based upon our review of the record and counsel's brief, we agree. Consequently, the judgment is affirmed and counsel's request for leave to withdraw is granted (see People v Cruwys, 113 A.D.2d 979, 980 [1985], lv denied 67 N.Y.2d 650 [1986]; see generally People v Beaty, 22 N.Y.3d 490 [2014]; People v Stokes, 95 N.Y.2d 633 [2001]).
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, and application to be relieved of assignment granted.