Opinion
Motion No: M-1077
06-06-2017
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Edwards, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on August 28, 2014 (M-3293), granting defendant poor person relief and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about June 3, 2014, And, an order of this Court having been entered on January 26, 2016 (M-5599), relieving assigned counsel and substituting Zachary Johnson, Esq., Galluzzo & Johnson, LLP, as appellate counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal; and said appeal having been perfected, And, an order of this Court having been entered on February 2, 2017 (M-6339), striking Zachary Johnson, Esq., as counsel on defendant's appeal and substituting Marianne Karas, Esq., as such counsel, And, Mariane Karas, Esq., having moved to withdraw the brief filed by prior counsel, Zachary Johnson, Esq., and to substitute a new brief on defendant's behalf, 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 withdrawing the brief presently filed by defendant's prior counsel and allowing the substitution of a new brief by current counsel. The case should be calendared for oral argument before this Court on the new submissions papers.
ENTERED: June 6, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
Present: Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Karla Moskowitz Rosalyn H. Richter Barbara R. Kapnick, Justices
M-1077
Ind. No. 5584/13