People v. Bhowan , 2017 NY Slip Op 558 ( 2017 )

People v Bhowan (2017 NY Slip Op 00558)

People v Bhowan

2017 NY Slip Op 00558

Decided on January 26, 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 January 26, 2017
Acosta, J.P., Mazzarelli, Feinman, Webber, JJ.

2882 1761/14

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

v

Rajesh Bhowan, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Eve Kessler of counsel), for appellant.

Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Paul A. Andersen of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Lloyd Barrett, J.), rendered October 27, 2014, unanimously affirmed.

Although we do not find that defendant made 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: JANUARY 26, 2017

CLERK