Opinion
Motion No. 2019-01379 DCR
07-19-2022
The People of State of New York, Respondent, v. Nema S. Simpson, Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
JERRY GARGUILO, P.J., ELIZABETH H. EMERSON, TIMOTHY S. DRISCOLL, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by Thomas N.N. Angell, Esq., counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Justice Court of the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, rendered August 13, 2019, in effect, to be relieved as counsel on the ground that appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated March 14, 2022, appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that he had abandoned the appeal, and the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved was held in abeyance in the interim.
Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion by assigned counsel and no papers having been filed in response thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further, ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.