Opinion
Motion No. 2022-04849 Ind. No. 3226/16 Case No. 2017-02581
01-31-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Adele Ofei, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Cynthia S. Kern, Saliann Scarpulla Martin Shulman Julio Rodriguez III Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on August 09, 2018 (M-2919) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about March 23, 2017, and assigning Justine M. Luongo, Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieve as 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.