People v. Ferguson

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J., at plea; Ozzi, J., at sentence), rendered September 2, 2015, convicting him of assault in the second 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 defendant.

Ordered that the motion of Paul Skip Laisure for leave to withdraw as counsel for the defendant is granted, and he is directed to turn over all papers in his possession to the…