Opinion
2021-75351 Motion 2021-00233 WC
11-30-2021
People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rafael Betances, Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
TERRY JANE RUDERMAN, P.J. ELIZABETH H. EMERSON, TIMOTHY S. DRISCOLL, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from an order of the City Court of Yonkers, Westchester County, entered March 18, 2021, to be relieved of representing appellant on the appeal and to have other counsel substituted.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the branch of the motion seeking to relieve assigned counsel of representing appellant on the appeal is granted and Scott M. Bishop, Esq. is assigned pursuant to article 18-B of the County Law; and it is further, ORDERED that the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County, shall provide new counsel with all papers; and it is further, ORDERED on the court's own motion, that appellant's time to perfect the appeal is hereby enlarged and appellant shall perfect the appeal on or before March 30, 2022.
ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide newly assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report, if any, prepared in connection with appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on appellant which are incorporated or referred to in the report.