Opinion
2013-00201 2013-05016 Ind. No. 1049/11 M159637
07-24-2013
The People, etc., respondent, v. Robert J. Goldring, appellant.
, J.P.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS
PLUMMER E. LOTT, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION Motion for Poor Person Relief and to Assign Counsel
Motion by the appellant pro se, in effect, for leave to prosecute an appeal, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, dated March 29, 2013, as a poor person, and for the assignment of counsel, and to consolidate that appeal with an appeal from a judgment of the same court rendered December 20, 2012.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further,
ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated March 29, 2013, will be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the appellant's and the respondent's briefs; the parties are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other; and it is further,
ORDERED that the stenographer of the trial court is directed promptly to make, certify, and file two transcripts of the proceedings of any hearings in connection with the order dated March 29, 2013, except for those minutes previously transcribed and certified (see 22 NYCRR 671.9); and it is further,
ORDERED that the clerk of the trial court shall furnish one certified transcript of the proceedings set forth above to the appellant's counsel, without charge (see CPL 460.70); assigned counsel is directed to turn over the transcript to the respondent when counsel serves the appellant's brief on the respondent; and it is further,
ORDERED that in the event the stenographer has already prepared a copy of any of the minutes for a codefendant, then the Clerk of the trial court is directed to reproduce a copy thereof for assigned counsel; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal from the order dated March 29, 2013:
Lynn W. L. Fahey, Esq.
Appellate Advocates
2 Rector Street - 10th Floor
New York, New York 10006
and it is further,
ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeals is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions; and it is further,
ORDERED that in the event the file has been sealed, it is hereby unsealed for the limited purpose of allowing assigned counsel or his or her representative access to the record for the purpose of preparing the appeal; such access shall include permission to copy the papers insofar as they pertain to the appellant; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken.
ANGIOLILLO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and LOTT, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court