People v. Woodward

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (George Roberts, J.), rendered May 14, 1985, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and sentencing him to a 2-to-4-year prison term, unanimously affirmed.

When this appeal was first submitted to this court, assigned counsel filed an Anders/Saunders brief. Counsel’s motion to withdraw was denied because the record revealed that the defendant, prior to sentencing, had moved before the trial court to withdraw his guilty plea on the ground that the original plea was conditioned on there not being a…