People v. Cudjoe , 2017 NY Slip Op 9264 ( 2017 )

People v Cudjoe (2017 NY Slip Op 09264)

People v Cudjoe

2017 NY Slip Op 09264

Decided on December 28, 2017

Appellate Division, First Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on December 28, 2017
Friedman, J.P., Gische, Webber, Kahn, Singh, JJ.

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[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Clifford Cudjoe, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Elizabeth L. Issacs of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Robert C. Mciver of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (James Hubert, J.), rendered February 26, 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.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: DECEMBER 28, 2017

CLERK