Opinion
10-31-2017
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Brian THOMAS, Defendant–Appellant.
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.
Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.), rendered December 16, 2015, 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.
ACOSTA, P.J., MANZANET–DANIELS, GISCHE, KAPNICK, KAHN, JJ., concur.