Opinion
2012-09413 Ind. No. 11773/08 M156036
05-08-2013
The People, etc., respondent, v. Andre Bowers, appellant.
, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
THOMAS A. DICKERSON
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 28, 2012, as amended October 3, 2012, was granted on January 14, 2013. The following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeal:
Lynn W. L. Fahey, Esq.
Appellate Advocates
On the Court's own motion, it is
ORDERED that counsel previously assigned to prosecute the appeal is relieved of the assignment and is directed to turn over all papers in this action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as new counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Steven Banks, Esq.
The Legal Aid Society
199 Water Street - 5th Floor
New York, New York 10038
and it is further,
ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the pre-sentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,
ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions.
RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, DICKERSON and COHEN, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court