Opinion
Motion No: M-5727
01-17-2017
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ramon Lara, Defendant-Appellant.
An appeal having been taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about July 10, 2012, and said appeal having been perfected for the February 2017 Term, And an order of this Court having been entered on May 19, 2015 (M-1725) granting defendant-appellant poor person relief and assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., as counsel for purposes of prosecuting said appeal, And defendant-appellant having moved for an order relieving assigned counsel, and substituting other counsel on 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 motion is granted only to the extent of directing defendant to serve and file 8 copies of his pro se supplemental brief on or before January 30, 2017 for the April 2017 Term, to which Term the appeal is adjourned. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward to the Warden at the State correctional facility wherein defendant is incarcerated a transcript of the minutes relating to defendant's appeal, said transcript to be made available to appellant and returned by appellant to this Court when submitting the pro se supplemental brief hereto. The appeal will not be heard unless and until all material furnished to appellant has been returned. The motion is otherwise denied.
Entered: January 17, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
PRESENT - Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr., Justice Presiding, Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Barbara R. Kapnick, Justices
M-5727
Ind. No. 2627/09