Opinion
Motion No: 2010-11638 Ind. No. 09-00797 M129983
12-09-2011
The People, etc., respondent, v. Tarik Sweeney, appellant.
, J.P.
ARIEL E. BELEN
PLUMMER E. LOTT
JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by Marianne Karas, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, rendered October 27, 2010, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has, in effect, abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated October 20, 2011, the 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 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 assigned counsel's motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted, and the appeal is dismissed (see 22 NYCRR 670.8[f]; CPL 470.60[1]); and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel to be relieved is granted.
SKELOS, J.P., BELEN, LOTT and COHEN, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court