Opinion
Lower Court # 2011NA27146 2013-504 N CR 2012-2810 N CR
04-30-2013
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicolas Pierre-Louis, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Nicolas Pierre-Louis, Appellant.
, P.J.
ANGELA G. IANNACCI
BRUCE E. TOLBERT, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by appellant for leave to prosecute appeals from judgments of conviction of the District Court of Nassau County, First District, rendered December 18, 2012, as a poor person, for the assignment of counsel, and for an enlargement of time to perfect the appeals.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in response thereto, it is
ORDERED, on the court's own motion, that the appeals are consolidated for the purpose of disposition of appellant's motion; and it is further,
ORDERED that the branches of appellant's motion seeking leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person and the assignment of counsel are granted and the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County is assigned as counsel; and it is further,
ORDERED that the branch of appellant's motion seeking an enlargement of time to perfect the appeals is granted and the appeals shall be perfected expeditiously; and it is further,
ORDERED that appellant's time to file affidavits of errors, if necessary, is extended 30 days from the date of this decision and order; and it is further,
ORDERED that the court stenographer or a certified transcriber, if any, shall promptly make, certify and file two typewritten transcripts of the minutes of all proceedings, if any, with the clerk of the trial court, who is directed to furnish without charge one copy to the attorney who is now assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel shall serve a copy of the transcript, if any, upon the District Attorney, same to be returned upon argument or submission of the appeals. The clerk is further directed to file the second copy of the transcript, if any, with the record, which shall then be filed with this court; and it is further,
ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the pre-sentence report, if any, prepared in connection with appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on appellant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,
ORDERED that appellant, if so advised, may perfect the appeals with a single brief bearing both appeal numbers and that there shall be oral argument, if requested, on both of the appeals at the same time.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk