Opinion
Motion No. 2022-05023 Ind. No. 1766/15Case No. 2018-1428
04-11-2024
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sammy Santiago, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Troy K. Webber, Anil C. Singh, Lizbeth González, Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on February 16, 2017 (M-110) 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 May 26, 2016, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.