Opinion
Motion No: M-1452
07-16-2020
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eric Cruz, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on July 25, 2017 (M-3176), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about November 14, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor counsel to Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved and to substitute other counsel,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 Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as assigned 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 10005, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is enlarged until 120 days from the date of this order or the filing of the complete record, whichever is later.
ENTERED: JULY 16, 2020
__________ CLERK
PRESENT: Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding,Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Angela M. Mazzarelli, Justices
M-1452
Ind. No. 1926/16