Opinion
Motion No. 2023-05517 Ind. No. 445/18Case No. 2019-03763
02-06-2024
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Thomas Smith, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Troy K. Webber, Peter H. Moulton David Friedman Saliann Scarpulla Manuel J. Mendez, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on October 31, 2019 (M-7426) 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 April 24, 2019, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.