People v Raghunath, 2015 NY Slip Op 09307 [134 AD3d 962]

December 16, 2015

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Ishwardat Raghunath, Also Known as Mike Raghunath, Appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, NY (Barry Stendig of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Nancy Fitzpatrick Talcott of counsel; Jacob Wells on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Zayas, J.), rendered January 7, 2014, convicting him of grand larceny in the second degree (two counts), 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 Paige , 54 AD2d 631 [1976]; cf. People v Gonzalez , 47 NY2d 606 [1979]). Leventhal, J.P., Austin, Roman, Miller and Barros, JJ., concur..