People v Espinal, 2020 NY Slip Op 00428 [179 AD3d 945]

January 22, 2020

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Elisaldo Espinal, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Kendra L. Hutchinson of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Jodi L. Mandel of counsel), for respondent.

Appeals by the defendant from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County (William Miller, J.), both rendered June 1, 2017, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree under indictment No. 1214/16 and grand larceny in the fourth degree under indictment No. 1900/17, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.

We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by the defendant’s assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), 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 AD3d 252 [2011]; People v Paige , 54 AD2d 631 [1976]; cf. People v Gonzalez , 47 NY2d 606 [1979]). Balkin, J.P., Chambers, Cohen and Connolly, JJ., concur..