People v Mitchell, 2016 NY Slip Op 05767 [142 AD3d 565]

August 10, 2016

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Jermel Mitchell, Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., New York, NY (Lorraine Maddalo of counsel), for appellant.

Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (Leonard Joblove and Morgan J. Dennehy of counsel; Gregory Musso on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Chun, J.), rendered February 14, 2013, convicting him of sexual misconduct, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. 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 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 US 738 [1967]) and, upon an independent review of the record, we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on the appeal. Counsel’s application for leave to withdraw as counsel is, therefore, granted ( see Anders v California , 386 US 738 [1967]; 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]; People v Sedita , 113 AD3d 638 [2014]). Mastro, J.P., Maltese, Duffy and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur..