People v Smith, 2016 NY Slip Op 07405 [144 AD3d 471]

November 10, 2016

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Ronnie Smith, Appellant.

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

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

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Margaret Clancy, J.), rendered March 7, 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. Concur—Tom, J.P., Sweeny, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Webber, JJ..