Opinion
Motion No: M-5064
12-13-2018
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ivan Morales, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 13, 2014 (M-704) granting defendant-appellant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about November 26, 2013, and assigning Richard M. Greenberg, Esq., predecessor counsel to Christina Swarns, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, or, in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal without prejudice.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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.
ENTERED: December 13, 2018
_____________________ CLERK
PRESENT - Hon. David Friedman, Justice Presiding, Barbara R. Kapnick Troy K. Webber Marcy L. Kahn Cynthia S. Kern, Justices
M-5064
Ind. No. 5484/12