Opinion
Motion No. 2023-02978 Ind. No. 914/14Case No. 2015-02748
10-26-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Msika Samuel, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Anil C. Singh, Justice Presiding, Lizbeth González Tanya R. Kennedy Julio Rodriguez III Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 03, 2016 (M-699) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken to this Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about January 14, 2015, and assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to withdraw the appeal as abandoned, without prejudice to reinstatement, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.