Opinion
Motion No: M-3126
08-13-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vladimir Gjinaj, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on June 6, 2019 (M-2016), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about March 4, 2019, and assigning 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., The Legal Aid Society, as assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal; the motion to substitute retained counsel is denied as unnecessary. 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: August 13, 2019
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. Judith J. Gische, Justice Presiding,Marcy L. Kahn Jeffrey K. Oing Anil C. Singh Peter H. Moulton, Justices
M-3126
Ind. No. 2381/16