People v Goncalves, 2016 NY Slip Op 08475 [145 AD3d 575]

December 15, 2016

Appellate Division, First Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Melissa Goncalves, Appellant.

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

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, J.), rendered June 4, 2015, 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—Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels and Kapnick, JJ..