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p. 977Ashok Kashelkar, Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent. Submitted April 30, 2007; decided May 8, 2007
Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals, sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, First Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).