Opinion
Motion Nos. 2022-03535 2022-03672 Ind. No. 954/2020 S.C.I. No. 10194/2018
01-18-2023
The People, etc., respondent, v. Nathaniel Gupton, appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M286878
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P., ROBERT J. MILLER, LINDA CHRISTOPHER, LILLIAN WAN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeals by Nathaniel Gupton from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County, both rendered April 25, 2022. Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute the appeals and for the assignment of new counsel. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated May 25, 2022, the appellant was granted poor person relief and assigned counsel to prosecute the appeals pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law § 380.55(2), and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
Patricia Pazner
Appellate Advocates
111 John Street - 9th Floor
New York, New York 10038
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further, ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
Twyla Carter
The Legal Aid Society
199 Water Street - 5th Floor
New York, NY 10038
and it is further, ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in or referred to in the report, and to provide additional copies to this Court upon demand; and it is further, ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeals is extended; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions; and it is further, ORDERED that assigned counsel shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken.
IANNACCI, J.P., MILLER, CHRISTOPHER and WAN, JJ., concur.