Opinion
Motion No: M-928
06-20-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Natalia Kamarova, Defendant-Appellant.
An appeal having been taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about October 20, 2014, And an order of this Court having been entered on January 24, 2019 (M-5909 & M-6250), inter alia, granting defendant-appellant's pro se motion for poor person relief (M-5909) to the extent of assigning, Janet E. Sabel, Esq., the Legal Aid Society, as counsel for the defendant-appellant for the purpose of addressing respondent's cross-motion to dismiss the appeal for failure to timely prosecute (M-6250), which was denied with leave to renew upon service of the order upon assigned counsel, And respondent having renewed the motion to dismiss the aforementioned appeal for failure to prosecute, And defendant-appellant, by assigned counsel, having opposed the motion, and requested that the poor person relief and assignment of counsel be extended to allow defendant to prosecute her appeal, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the People's motion to dismiss the appeal is denied. Defendant-appellant's application for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person is granted to the extent of permitting the appeal to be heard on the original record, except that a certified copy of the indictment(s) shall be substituted in place of the original indictment(s), and upon a reproduced appellant's brief, on condition that appellant serves one copy of such brief upon the District Attorney of said county and files an original, five hard copies and, if represented by counsel, one digital copy of such brief, together with the original record, pursuant to Section 1250.9 of the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division.The court reporter shall promptly make and file with the criminal court (CPL §460.70) one transcript of the stenographic minutes of any proceedings pursuant to CPL §210.20, Arts. 710 and 730, and of the plea or trial and sentence. The Clerk shall furnish a copy of such transcripts to appellant's counsel, without charge, the transcripts to be returned to this Court when appellant's brief is filed. The assignment of Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, 199 Water Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10038, Telephone No. 212-577-3688, as counsel for defendant-appellant, is continued for purposes of the appeal. The time within which appellant shall perfect this appeal is hereby enlarged until 180 days from the date of receipt of the complete record.
ENTERED: June 20, 2019
__________ CLERK
PRESENT: Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Troy K. Webber Cynthia S. Kern, Justices
M-928
Ind. No. 2299/14