Opinion
Motion Nos. 2021-08243 2021-08276 Ind. Nos. 231/2020 466/2021
10-11-2023
The People, etc., respondent, v. Troy W. Robinson, appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M291492
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J., MARK C. DILLON, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Appeals from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, both rendered September 2, 2021. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeals by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeals on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeals, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Acting Clerk of this Court on or before November 6, 2023, by ordinary mail; assigned counsel or the respondent may respond to this order to show cause, if so advised, by uploading a digital copy of an affirmation or an affidavit through the digital portal on this Court's website, with proof of service thereof, on or before November 6, 2023; and it is further, ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further, ORDERED that the Acting Clerk of this Court or his designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).
LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.