Opinion
Motion No. 2022-01950 Ind. No. 2529/14No. 2017-309
06-23-2022
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cesar Taveras, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, David Friedman Anil C. Singh Tanya R. Kennedy Julio Rodriguez III, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 22, 2016 (M-5010) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about March 18, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor to Justine M. Luongo, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.