Opinion
2011-09-20
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent,v.RODNEY M. (Anonymous), appellant.
Clinton W. Calhoun, White Plains, N.Y., for appellant.Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff and
Richard Longworth Hecht of counsel; Jeffrey Wiener on the brief), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Cacace, J.), rendered August 3, 2010, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and adjudicating him a youthful offender, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
We have reviewed the record and agree with the defendant's assigned counsel that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on appeal. Counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel is granted ( see Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493; People v. Paige, 54 A.D.2d 631, 387 N.Y.S.2d 399; cf. People v. Gonzalez, 47 N.Y.2d 606, 419 N.Y.S.2d 913, 393 N.E.2d 987).
SKELOS, J.P., ANGIOLILLO, LOTT and ROMAN, JJ., concur.