Opinion
Motion No. 2024-01377 Ind. No. 70233/2023
11-29-2024
The People, etc., respondent, v. Francisco Hernandez-Islas, appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M301049
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, J.P. WILLIAM G. FORD, HELEN VOUTSINAS. LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered June 13, 2023. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated September 30, 2024, the appellant was directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, and assigned counsel's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.
Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of assigned counsel's motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further, ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is granted.
CONNOLLY, J.P., FORD, VOUTSINAS AND VENTURA, JJ., CONCUR.