People v Cox, 2022 NY Slip Op 05705 [209 AD3d 760]

October 12, 2022

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Edward Cox, Appellant.

Patricia Pazner, New York, NY (Lynn W.L. Fahey of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (Johnnette Traill and Roni C. Piplani of counsel; Jordan Miller on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Eugene M. Guarino, J., at plea; Suzanne J. Melendez, J., at sentence), rendered November 8, 2018, convicting him of attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fifth 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 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]). Dillon, J.P., Chambers, Maltese and Voutsinas, JJ., concur..