People v. Newson

*840Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Chin Brandt, J.), rendered April 26, 2011, convicting him of grand larceny in the fourth degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Although the New York Constitution recognizes a defendant’s right to prosecution by indictment (see NY Const, art I, § 6), both the New York Constitution and CPL article 195 provide that, under certain circumstances, a defendant may validly waive that right (see NY Const, art…