Opinion
Motion No. 2023-04352 Ind. No. 1230/17Case No. 2018-2017
12-05-2023
The People of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Presiding Justice, David Friedman Tanya R. Kennedy Manuel J. Mendez John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on March 13, 2018 (M-404) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken to this Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about September 12, 2017, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or, in the alternative, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.