Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00550 SCR
04-24-2024
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jesus Mendez, Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
JERRY GARGUILO, P.J., TIMOTHY S. DRISCOLL, GRETCHEN WALSH, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by April J. Winecke, Esq., with the office of the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the District Court of Suffolk County, First District, rendered April 28, 2023, to be relieved as counsel and to have other counsel substituted.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in response thereto, it is
ORDERED that the branch of the motion seeking to relieve assigned counsel of representing appellant on the appeal is granted and Martin Goldberg, Esq. is assigned pursuant to article 18-B of the County Law; and it is further, ORDERED that the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County shall provide new counsel with all papers; and it is further, ORDERED, on the court's own motion, that the appeal shall be perfected expeditiously; and it is further, ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report, if any, prepared in connection with appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on appellant which are incorporated or referred to in the report.