Opinion
Ind. No. 8966/2016 No. 2020-03076
01-21-2022
The People, etc., respondent, v. Lori Byers, appellant. Ind. No. 8966/2016
M281015 AFA/
VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P. SHERI S. ROMAN LARA J. GENOVESI DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered February 25, 2020. Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute the appeal and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant was granted poor person relief on November 20, 2020, and by decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 31, 2021, the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Janet E. Sabel The Legal Aid Society 199 Water Street - 5th Floor New York, NY 10038
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further, ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Mark Diamond Box 287356 Yorkville Station, NY10128 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 presentence report prepared in connection with the appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in or referred to in the report, and to provide additional copies to this Court upon demand; and it is further, ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is extended; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions; and it is further, ORDERED that assigned counsel shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., ROMAN, GENOVESI and DOWLING, JJ, concur.