People v Fontaine, 2015 NY Slip Op 07289 [132 AD3d 695]

October 7, 2015

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Anthony Fontaine, Appellant.

Gerald Zuckerman, Ossining, N.Y., for appellant.

Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Hae Jin Liu and Jennifer L. Spencer of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Warhit, J.), rendered July 31, 2013, convicting him of attempted rape in the first 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 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]). Leventhal, J.P., Austin, Roman, Miller and Barros, JJ., concur..