Opinion
Motion No. 2023-01821 Ind. Nos. 2373/14 902/15Case No. 2017-2061
06-27-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Lonzell Green, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Ellen Gesmer Tanya R. Kennedy Saliann Scarpulla Julio Rodriguez III, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 11, 2017 (M-6095) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about October 27, 2015, and assigning Howard D. Simmons, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and Center for Appellate Litigation having moved to relieve assigned counsel and to be substituted as such counsel, and for related relief, 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 Howard D. Simmons, Esq., as assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Jenay Nurse Guilford, 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.