Opinion
Motion No. 2022-00726 SCR
04-18-2024
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dorian Palacios, Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
JERRY GARGUILO, P.J. TIMOTHY S. DRISCOLL GRETCHEN WALSH, JJ
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the District Court of Suffolk County, First District, rendered August 22, 2022, to be relieved as counsel on the ground that appellant has abandoned the appeal. By order to show cause dated January 30, 2024, appellant was 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 had abandoned the appeal, and the motion by assigned counsel to be relieved was held in abeyance in the interim.
Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion by assigned counsel and no papers having been filed in response thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further, ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.