Opinion
M-1867 M-1614
08-20-2020
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. JC Hernandez-Molina, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 2, 2020 (M-84), inter alia, 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 August 12, 2019, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel and to have new counsel substituted to prosecute the aforementioned appeal (M-1614), And defendant-appellant, pro se, having moved for poor person relief and the assignment of counsel (M-1867), Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon,It is ordered that assigned counsel's motion is granted to the extent of striking the designation of Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as assigned counsel, and substituting Stephen Chu, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, 11 Park Place, Suite 1601, New York, N.Y., 10007, Tel. No. 212-402-4100, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is extended until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later (M-1614). The motion by defendant-appellant for poor person relief is denied as moot (M-1867).
ENTERED: August 20, 2020
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman,Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Angela M. Mazzarelli,Justices
Ind. No. 493/17