Opinion
Motion No: M-216
03-29-2018
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Tiffany Murdaugh, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 11, 2017 (M-1166), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about August 3, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, and for related relief, 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 Seymour W. James, Jr., 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, New York 10005, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which 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 29, 2018
_____________________ DEPUTY CLERK
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding,Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Richard T. Andrias Ellen Gesmer, Justices
M-216
Ind. No. 2334/15