Opinion
Motion No: M-2058
06-20-2017
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, CONFIDENTIAL v. Tulsie Singh, Defendant-Appellant.
An appeal having been taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about September 25, 2015, and said appeal having been perfected and submitted (Appeal No. 3501 [March 2, 2017]), And, an order of this Court having been entered on March 28, 2017 (M-1193A), granting retained counsel Adam Bevelacqua's motion to be relieved as appellate counsel, substituting Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as such counsel, and holding the appeal in abeyance for 30 days, pending further motion practice by newly assigned counsel, if so advised, And, an order of this Court having been entered on May 2, 2017 (M-1683), holding determination of the appeal in abeyance for 90 days, And, defendant having moved for leave to file a late notice of appeal from a SORA order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on or about January 6, 2017, for poor person relief and the assignment of counsel,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 granting poor person relief and assigning Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, as counsel on the appeal, and denying CPL 460.30 relief as unnecessary on the condition that, within seven days from this Court's order, defendant's assigned counsel file a notice of appeal from the SORA order.
ENTERED: June 20, 2017
_____________________ CLERK
Present: Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr., Justice Presiding, Rosalyn H. Richter Karla Moskowitz Paul G. Feinman Judith J. Gische, Justices
M-2058
Ind. No. 1224/12