Opinion
Motion No: 2010-09748 Ind. No. 1052/09 M125653
09-14-2011
The People, etc., respondent, v. William Tracey, appellant.
, J.P.
DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered September 27, 2010, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on December 1, 2010, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Christian Browne, Esq.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Lawrence Gerzog, Esq.
and it is further,
ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,
ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this order upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.
COVELLO, J.P., ANGIOLILLO, CHAMBERS and HALL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Matthew G. Kiernan
Clerk of the Court