People v. Anonymous

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Marrus, J.) rendered January 9, 2004, convicting him of conspiracy in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Initially, we agree with the defendant that under the circumstances of this case, the purported waiver of his right to appeal was not valid (see People v Lopez, 6 NY3d 248, 256-257 [2006]).

With respect to the merits, we note that the defendant does not wish to withdraw his plea of guilty but requests a discretionary reduction in the sentence…