Opinion
2011-105 K CR
06-21-2012
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Henrique Nixon, Appellant.
, P.J.
JAIME A. RIOS
THOMAS P. ALIOTTA, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the Legal Aid Society, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County, rendered December 8, 2011, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that appellant has abandoned the appeal. By order to show cause dated April 11, 2012, appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that appellant had abandoned the appeal, and the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved was held in abeyance in the interim.
Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion by assigned counsel and no papers having been filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel to be relieved is granted.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk