Opinion
Motion No. 2023-01913 Ind. Nos. 70606/22537/21 Case No. 2023-00988
06-08-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis Mendez, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Acting Presiding Justice, Cynthia S. Kern Lizbeth González Manuel J. Mendez Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 20, 2023 (Motion No. 2023-01044), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about February 10, 2023, and assigning counsel therefor, And defendant having moved for an order amending the aforesaid order of assignment to include the appeal under Indictment No. 537/21, deeming the notice of appeal to have been timely filed, and extending the time in which to perfect the 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 deeming the notice of appeal and the order of assignment to include the conviction under Indictment No. 537/21, extending the poor person relief previously granted to cover same, and extending defendant's time in which to perfect the appeal until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later.