Opinion
Motion No: M-2252
06-18-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, CONFIDENTIAL v. Rhamed Armstrong, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on March 29, 2018, (M-590), granting defendant-appellant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bruce, J.), entered on or about January 12, 2018, and assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as counsel to prosecute the appeal, and the appeal having been perfected, (Cal. No. 2226), And defendant-appellant, pro se, having moved to relieve assigned counsel, and for related relief, and the Center for Appellate Litigation having joined in the request, 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: 1) relieving Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as assigned counsel and striking the appellant's brief filed on or about April 29, 2019; and 2) substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, 199 Water Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10038, Telephone No. 212-577-3688, as such counsel, and It is further ordered that the poor person relief previously granted is continued, and the appeal is adjourned to the December 2019 Term of this Court. Substituted counsel is directed to file their appellant's brief on or before September 30, 2019 for that Term.
ENTERED: June 18, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Rosalyn H. Richter Peter Tom Ellen Gesmer Peter H. Moulton, Justices
M-2252
Index No. 8204/93