People v Akers, 2016 NY Slip Op 07201 [144 AD3d 697]

November 2, 2016

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Ramal Akers, Appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY, for appellant.

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

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Gubbay, J.), rendered August 5, 2015, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, 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 she 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 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 Ortiz , 54 AD3d 631 [2008]; cf. People v Gonzalez , 47 NY2d 606 [1979]). Dillon, J.P., Hall, Sgroi, Miller and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur..