Opinion
Motion No. 2022-02232 Ind. No. 2603N/15Case No. 2017-771
07-12-2022
The People of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Lawrence Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Cynthia S. Kern, Justice Presiding, Angela M. Mazzarelli Ellen Gesmer Jeffrey K. Oing Peter H. Moulton, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 22, 2016 (M-4982) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about March 23, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor to Justine M. Luongo, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or to dismiss the appeal without prejudice, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.