Opinion
2012-01429 Ind. No. 292/10 M152928
03-14-2013
The People, etc., respondent, v. Hernan Padilla, appellant.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
RUTH C. BALKIN
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
Motion by Lynn W. L. Fahey, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County, rendered January 12, 2012, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that he has abandoned the appeal, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before April 15, 2013; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, AUSTIN and COHEN, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court