Opinion
2021-05735 S.C.I. 306/18
10-20-2021
The People of the State of New York, respondent, v. Byron E. Velasquez-Arreaga, appellant.
Judah Maltz, Kew Gardens, NY, for appellant. Joyce A. Smith, Acting District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Cristin N. Connell of counsel; Matthew C. Frankel on the brief), for respondent.
Judah Maltz, Kew Gardens, NY, for appellant.
Joyce A. Smith, Acting District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Cristin N. Connell of counsel; Matthew C. Frankel on the brief), for respondent.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., LINDA CHRISTOPHER, PAUL WOOTEN, JOSEPH A. ZAYAS, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Felice J. Muraca, J.), rendered August 6, 2018, convicting him of aggravated driving while intoxicated in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192(2-a)(a), aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, reckless driving, resisting arrest, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 U.S. 738), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by the defendant's assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v California (386 U.S. 738), and, upon an independent review of the record, we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on appeal. Counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel is, therefore, granted (see id.; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.], 89 A.D.3d 252; People v Paige, 54 A.D.2d 631; cf. People v Gonzalez, 47 N.Y.2d 606).
RIVERA, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, WOOTEN and ZAYAS, JJ., concur.