Opinion
Motion No. 2023-02681 Ind No. 413/20No. 2023-01453
07-27-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerry Polanco, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Ellen Gesmer, Justice Presiding, Saliann Scarpulla Manuel J. Mendez Martin Shulman John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 30, 2023 (Motion No. 2023-01415) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about February 16, 2023, and assigning Mark W. Zeno, Esq., as predecessor to Jenay Nurse Guilford, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, and for other counsel to be substituted, and for related relief, 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 striking the designation of Mark W. Zeno, Esq., as predecessor to Jenay Nurse Guilford, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, 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 such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is extended until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later.