Opinion
Motion No: M-1645
07-16-2020
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Jerez, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 17, 2018(M-576) granting defendant poor person relief with respect to the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about September 23, 2014, and assigning Christina Swarns, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, as counsel to prosecute that appeal; and assigned counsel having moved for an order to be relieved as counsel or, in the alternative, to dismiss defendant's appeal without prejudice to reinstatement at such time as appellant becomes amenable to the jurisdiction of this Court, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn and is otherwise denied.
ENTERED: JULY 16, 2020
__________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Angela M. Mazzarelli, Justices
M-1645
Ind. No. 2408/11