Opinion
Motion No. 2019-14644 S.C.I. No. 1545/2018
06-23-2023
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M289656
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J., MARK C. DILLON, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered November 14, 2018. The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for the assignment of counsel was granted on March 3, 2020. By decision and order on motion dated March 3, 2020, the following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeal:
Patrick Megaro
626 RXR Plaza 6th Floor, West Tower
Uniondale, NY 11556
By opinion and order of this Court dated April 12, 2023, Patrick Megaro was disbarred, effective immediately, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
Now, on the court's own motion, it is
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned to prosecute the appeal:
Matthew Brissenden
666 Old Country Road, Suite 501
Garden City, NY 11530
and it is further, ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the pre-sentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further, ORDERED that the brief filed by Patrick Megaro is hereby stricken; and it is further, ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions.
LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur. sw