Opinion
Motion No: M-4143
10-23-2018
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, Confidential v. William Thomas, Defendant-Appellant.
An order of this Court having been entered on May 15, 2018 (M-1442), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a SORA Order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bruce, J.), rendered on or about August 29, 2017, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor counsel to Justin M. Luongo, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, and for related relief, 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 striking the designation of The Legal Aid Society, as assigned counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Robert S. Dean, Esq., Center for Appellate Litigation, 120 Wall Street, 28th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Telephone No. 212-577-2523, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is enlarged until 180 days from the date of this order or the filing of the complete record, whichever is later.
ENTERED: October 23, 2018
_____________________ CLERK
Present - Hon. Judith J. Gishe, Justice Presiding, Angela M. Mazzarelli Cynthia S. Kern Peter H. Moulton, Justices
M-4143
Ind. No. 3357/09