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People v. Messier

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 13, 2007
43 A.D.3d 1205 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)

Opinion

No. 100360.

September 13, 2007.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Lawliss, J.), rendered Jun e 26, 2006 in Clinton County, convicting defendant upon her plea of guilty of the crimes of driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child, and of the traffic infraction of failure to keep right.

Briggs Norfolk, L.L.P., Lake Placid (Jenifer R. Briggs of counsel), for appellant.

Andrew J. Wylie, District Attorney, Plattsburgh (Chantelle Schember of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Mercure, J.P., Peters, Spain, Carpinello and Rose, JJ., concur.


Defendant pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 10 months in jail. She appealed the sentence as harsh and excessive only, but served her time and was released from jail during the pendency of her appeal. Her attorney now seeks to be relieved of her assignment of representing defendant on the ground that there are no nonfrivolous issues to be raised. Inasmuch as defendant's release from jail renders the appeal moot, we agree ( see People v Davis, 31 AD3d 896).

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, as moot.


Summaries of

People v. Messier

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Sep 13, 2007
43 A.D.3d 1205 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
Case details for

People v. Messier

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LISA M. MESSIER…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Sep 13, 2007

Citations

43 A.D.3d 1205 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007)
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 6591
840 N.Y.S.2d 923

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