Opinion
Motion No: M-6746
04-16-2019
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jermaine Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on December 4, 2018 (M-5212), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about September 20, 2018, and assigning Justine M. Luongo, Esq., predecessor counsel to Janet E. Sabel, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, 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 Janet E. Sabel, Esq., as successor assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10006, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is enlarged until 120 days from the date of this order or the receipt of the complete record, whichever is later.
ENTERED: April 16, 2019
_____________________ CLERK
Present - Hon. David Friedman,Justice Presiding,Angela M. Mazzarelli Troy K. Webber Cynthia S. Kern Jeffrey K. Oing,Justices
M-6746
Ind. No. 223/18