Opinion
Motion No: M-6604
03-09-2017
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Joseph Meldish, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 10, 2012 (M-1412), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about October 18, 2011, And, assigned counsel, Rosemary Herbert, Esq., having moved for an order to be relieved as counsel for defendant and to substitute other counsel to prosecute defendant's 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 to the extent of striking the designation of assigned counsel Rosemary Herbert, Esq., as counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center For Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Telephone No. (212) 577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged until 120 days from the date of this order or the filing of the record, whichever is later.
Entered: March 9, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
Present: Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Richard T. Andrias Karla Moskowitz Barbara R. Kapnick Marcy L. Kahn, Justices
M-6604
Ind. No. 4344/07