Opinion
Motion No KA 21-00453 Indictment No. 2012-101
07-01-2022
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. ROBERT C. LEWIS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.
An appeal having been taken to this Court from a resentence of the Steuben County Court, rendered January 6, 2021, and counsel having moved to be relieved of assignment, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is hereby ORDERED that the case is held, the decision is reserved, the motion to relieve counsel of assignment is granted, and new counsel is to be assigned.
Memorandum: In 2013, defendant was convicted upon a jury verdict of rape in the first degree and was sentenced to a determinate term of imprisonment of eight years and five years' postrelease supervision. The judgment was affirmed (People v Lewis, 140 A.D.3d 1593 [4th Dept 2016]). In 2021, defendant was resentenced to a period of postrelease supervision of ten years. Defendant appealed the resentence, and his assigned appellate counsel has moved to be relieved of the assignment pursuant to People v Crawford (71 A.D.2d 38 [4th Dept 1979]). Upon a review of the record, we conclude that a nonfrivolous issue exists with respect to whether the court violated CPL 380.20 (see People v Adams, 203 A.D.3d 1684, 1685 [4th Dept 2022]). Therefore, we relieve counsel of his assignment and assign new counsel to brief this issue, as well as any other issues that counsel's review of the record may disclose.