

People v Ortega (2016 NY Slip Op 08013)





People v Ortega


2016 NY Slip Op 08013


Decided on November 29, 2016


Appellate Division, First Department


Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.


This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.



Decided on November 29, 2016

Friedman, J.P., Sweeny, Saxe, Kapnick, Gesmer, JJ.


2329 3624/13

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent, 
vJose Ortega, Defendant-Appellant.


Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (David J. Klem of counsel), for appellant.
Darcel D. Clark, District Attorney, Bronx (Shannon Henderson of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis J. Boyle J.), rendered July 17, 2014, as amended August 21, 2014, 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.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: NOVEMBER 29, 2016
CLERK


