Opinion
Motion No. 2022-05024 Ind. No. 2246/14No. 2017-1376
02-09-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Matthew Gutierrez, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Troy K. Webber Anil C. Singh Lizbeth González Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on March 16, 2017 (M-772) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about July 15, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.