Opinion
Motion No. 2022-04511 Ind. Nos. 978/173497/17 No. 2019-2104
01-17-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Anthony Nyame, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, David Friedman Tanya R. Kennedy Saliann Scarpulla Manuel J. Mendez, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on March 12, 2020 (M-651), inter alia, assigning Christina Swarns, Esq., predecessor to Caprice R. Jenerson, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, 11 Park Place, Suite 1601, New York, New York 10007, Telephone No. 212-402-4100, as counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about December 05, 2018,
And counsel having moved for an order abating the appeal by reason of appellant's death, remanding the matter to the trial court to vacate the judgment of conviction, and dismissing the indictment, 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 denied, with leave to renew, upon submission of an official record of defendant's death.