Opinion
Motion No. 2020-3566
12-03-2020
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Decourcey Belle, Defendant-Appellant.
BEFORE: Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy Justice of the Appellate Division Ind. Nos. 1589-2015 2667-2016
Case No. 2017-02914
CERTIFICATE GRANTING LEAVE
I, Tanya R. Kennedy, a Justice of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, do hereby certify that in the proceedings herein questions of law or fact are involved which ought to be reviewed by the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, and, pursuant to Section 460.15 of the Criminal Procedure Law, permission is hereby granted to the above-named defendant to appeal to the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, from the order of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about October 2, 2020. Dated: December 3, 2020
In the event defendant has an existing (direct) appeal from a judgment, such appeal shall be consolidated with the appeal from the aforesaid order; and any poor person relief granted with respect to the appeal from the judgment shall be extended to cover the appeals so consolidated. --------
New York, New York
/s/_________
Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy
Associate Justice
Entered: December 8, 2020 NOTICE: Within 15 days from the date hereon, an appeal must be taken, and this certificate must be filed with the notice of appeal. An appeal is taken by filing, in the Clerk's office of the criminal court in which the order sought to be appealed was rendered, a written notice in duplicate that appellant appeals to the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department (Section 460.10, subd. 4, CPL), together with proof that another copy of the notice of appeal has been served upon opposing counsel. The appeal (or consolidated appeals; see footnote) must be argued within 120 days from the date of the notice of appeal, unless the time to perfect the appeal(s) is enlarged by the court or a justice thereof.