Opinion
Motion No. 2023-04944 Ind. No. 1995/17No. 2018-1936
12-19-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vandy Kpala, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Presiding Justice, Anil C. Singh Tanya R. Kennedy Martin Shulman Julio Rodriguez III, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on August 02, 2018 (M-2907) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal to this Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about September 13, 2017, and assigning Justine M. Luongo, Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or, in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.