Opinion
Motion No. 2023-01829 Ind. No. 1132/16No. 2022-04873
06-15-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Omar Ahmed, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Jeffrey K. Oing, Justice Presiding, David Friedman Peter H. Moulton Martin Shulman John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on December 29, 2022 (M-4370) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about October 19, 2022, and assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., as predecessor to Jenay Nurse Guilford, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel and to substitute other counsel, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of striking the designation of Jenay Nurse Guilford, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as defendant's assigned counsel, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Caprice R. Jenerson, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, 11 Park Place, Suite 1601, New York, New York, 10007, Telephone No. 212-402-4100 as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is extended until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later.