Opinion
Motion No: 2012-07059 2012-07061 Ind. No. 880-12 S.C.I. No. 1574-12 M153734
03-27-2013
The People, etc., respondent, v. Daniel Rodriguez, appellant.
, P.J.
REINALDO E. RIVERA
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the appellant pro se to relieve counsel assigned to prosecute appeals from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, both rendered July 18, 2012, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for the assignment of counsel was granted on October 19, 2012, and the following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeals:
Robert C. Mitchell, Esq.
Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County - Appeals Bureau
Post Office Box 1697
Riverhead, New York 11901-3398
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted; previously assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned to prosecute the appeals:
Richard L. Herzfeld, Esq.
104 W. 40th Street, 20th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10018
and it is further,
ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the pre-sentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,
ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeals is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1 et seq.) and written directions.
ENG, P.J., RIVERA, LEVENTHAL and MILLER, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court