Opinion
Motion No. 2022-04185 Ind. No. 3728/14Case No. 2016-02434
01-05-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jamil Cruz, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Troy K. Webber Anil C. Singh Saliann Scarpulla Manuel J. Mendez, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on January 17, 2017 (M-5916) 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 May 09, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.