Opinion
Motion No: M-3716
10-25-2018
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sergio Arechiga, Defendant-Appellant.
Defendant having moved, pro se, for leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about September 11, 2009 (M-3409), for leave to have the appeal heard upon the original record and a reproduced appellant's brief, and for related relief, And the People having cross-moved for dismissal of said appeal for failure to prosecute (M-3716),Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that defendant's motion (M-3409)is granted to the extent of assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as counsel for defendant-appellant, for the purpose of addressing the People's motion to dismiss the appeal (M-3716), and is otherwise denied, and It is further ordered that the cross-motion (M-3716) is denied, with leave to renew, upon service of the motion papers on defense counsel, assigned pursuant to this order.
ENTERED: October 25, 2018
_____________________ CLERK
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Peter Tom Ellen Gesmer Anil C. Singh, Justices
M-3716
M-3409
Ind. No. 2131/08