Opinion
Motion No: M-1491
06-13-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Michael Davis, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on July 18, 2017 (M-3067), 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 August 25, 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 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 Janet E. Sabel, Esq., as counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, 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: June 13, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr., Justice Presiding,Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Peter Tom Barbara R. Kapnick Peter H. Moulton, Justices
M-1491
Ind. No. 2028/16