Opinion
Motion No. 2022-05094 Ind. No. 1044/16Case No. 2018-04021
02-16-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Solomon Barnwell, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice Presiding, Cynthia S. Kern, Ellen Gesmer, Saliann Scarpulla, Julio Rodriguez III, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on January 08, 2019 (M-5800) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about April 30, 2018, and assigning Justine M. Luongo, Esq., predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.