Opinion
2021-74708 Motion 2021-03463
11-18-2021
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Yama Basir, Defendant-Appellant. Ind. No. 3476/18 No. 2019-03764
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Ellen Gesmer Peter H. Moulton Martin Shulman Bahaati E. Pitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on October 31, 2019 (M-7447), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about April 25, 2019, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved for an order abating the appeal by reason of defendant's death and remanding the matter to the trial court to vacate the judgment of conviction, 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 remanding the matter to the Supreme Court, New York County, for further proceedings.