Opinion
2022-60814 Ind. 1781/18
01-25-2022
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eldrick Cole, Defendant-Appellant. Motion No. 2021-04178 No. 2019-05044
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Jeffrey K. Oing Lizbeth González Bahaati E. Pitt John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 02, 2020 (M-99) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about September 05, 2019, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel and for other counsel to be substituted, 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 Janet E. Sabel, Esq., as assigned counsel and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York, 10005, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, 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.