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People v. Velez

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 30, 2014
116 A.D.3d 1077 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

Opinion

2014-04-30

The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Irving VELEZ, appellant.

Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Ellen Fried of counsel), for appellant. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel; Gregory Musso on the brief), for respondent.


Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Ellen Fried of counsel), for appellant. Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove and Thomas M. Ross of counsel; Gregory Musso on the brief), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Sullivan, J.), dated February 9, 2011, which denied his motion to be resentenced pursuant to CPL 440.46 on his conviction of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, which sentence was originally imposed, upon his plea of guilty, on February 20, 2003. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, in which she moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed as academic; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel is denied as academic.

Inasmuch as the maximum term of the defendant's sentence expired during the pendency of this appeal, “any issues which relate to the length of his sentence are academic” ( People v. Conklin, 46 A.D.3d 698, 698, 846 N.Y.S.2d 916;see People v. Gonzalez, 113 A.D.3d 792, 978 N.Y.S.2d 870). RIVERA, J.P., DICKERSON, COHEN, HINDS–RADIX and MALTESE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Velez

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Apr 30, 2014
116 A.D.3d 1077 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)
Case details for

People v. Velez

Case Details

Full title:The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Irving VELEZ, appellant.

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Apr 30, 2014

Citations

116 A.D.3d 1077 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)
116 A.D.3d 1077
2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 2966

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