Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00825 Ind No. 28/16No. 2018-1531
04-25-2023
The People of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Johana Alcantara, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice Presiding, Cynthia S. Kern, Anil C. Singh, Saliann Scarpulla, John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on March 13, 2018 (M-405) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about September 11, 2017, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made by assigned counsel to be relieved as such counsel, or in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.