Opinion
Motion No: M-3358
08-20-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Kazzim Cooper, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on January 14, 2016 (M-6351), 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 August 14, 2015, and assigning Richard M. Greenberg, Esq., predecessor counsel to Christina Swarns, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, and for related relief, 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 striking the designation of Christina Swarns, Esq., as counsel and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10006, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and the appeal is adjourned to the December 2019 Term, pending further motion practice by newly assigned counsel, if so advised.
ENTERED: August 20, 2019
__________ DEPUTY CLERK
Present - Hon. Judith J. Gische,Justice Presiding, Marcy L. Kahn Jeffrey K. Oing Anil C. Singh Peter H. Moulton,Justices
M-3358
Ind. No. 4753/13