Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00316 Ind. No. 2373/15Case No. 2017-2294
03-30-2023
The People of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Asia Banks, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice Presiding, Troy K. Webber Anil C. Singh Lizbeth González John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 06, 2017 (M-1150) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about August 22, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James Jr., Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, or, in the alternative to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn. ENTERED: March 30, 2023