THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. MEAGAN WILLIAMS (2026)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Calendar Date:  June 12, 2026

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Franklin County (Craig Carriero, J.), rendered January 2, 2024, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crimes of criminal possession of forged instrument in the second degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree.

Defendant waived indictment and agreed to be prosecuted by a superior court information charging her with various crimes.  In satisfaction thereof, defendant pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, grand larceny in the fourth degree and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree, and agreed to waive her right to appeal.  County Court thereafter sentenced defendant, as a second felony offender, to the agreed-upon sentence of 31/212 to 7 years in prison on the criminal possession of a forged instrument conviction.  The court further imposed the agreed-upon sentences of 11/212 to 3 years in prison on the two remaining convictions, with those two sentences to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to the sentence for the criminal possession of a forged instrument conviction.  Defendant appeals.

Appellate counsel for defendant seeks to be relieved of his assignment upon the ground that there are no nonfrivolous issues to be raised on appeal (see Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 [1967] ).  Based upon our review of the record, counsel's brief and the People's response, we agree.  Accordingly, the judgment of conviction is affirmed, and counsel's request for leave to withdraw is granted (see People v. Cruwys, 113 A.D.2d 979, 980 [3d Dept 1985], lv denied 67 N.Y.2d 650 [1986];  see also People v. Holloway, 229 AD3d 943, 943 [3d Dept 2024];  see generally People v. Beaty, 22 NY3d 490 [2014];  People v. Stokes, 95 N.Y.2d 633 [2001] ).

Aarons, J.P., Ceresia, Fisher, Powers and Ryba, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, and application to be relieved of assignment granted.