Opinion
Motion No: M-635
04-17-2018
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Hiawatha Cuffee, Defendant-Appellant.
Defendant-appellant's appointed counsel, the Office of the Appellate Defender, having moved for an order relieving it as appointed counsel or, in the alternative, dismissing defendant's appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about January 19, 2016, without prejudice to reinstatement at such time appellant becomes amenable to the jurisdiction of this Court, 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deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted only to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn, and is otherwise denied.
ENTERED: April 17, 2018
_____________________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Rosalyn H. Richter Angela M. Mazzarelli Barbara R. Kapnick Ellen Gesmer, Justices
M-635
Ind. No. 1860/15