Opinion
Motion Nos. 2022-07821 2023-03322 Ind. No. 70396/2021
04-12-2024
The People, etc., respondent, v. Almalik Keller, appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M295635
ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P., JOSEPH J. MALTESE, WILLIAM G. FORD, CARL J. LANDICINO, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeals from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered August 24, 2022, and a resentence of the same court rendered February 8, 2023. Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute the appeals and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motions for leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel were granted on April 21, 2023, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
Carol E. Castillo
P.O. Box 146
East Setauket, NY 11733
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further, ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
Michael Blakey
64C Old Riverhead Road
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
and it is further, ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in or referred to in the report, and to provide additional copies to this Court upon demand; and it is further, ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeals is extended; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions; and it is further, ORDERED that assigned counsel shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken.
IANNACCI, J.P., MALTESE, FORD and LANDICINO, JJ., concur.