Opinion
Motion No: 111716
02-25-2020
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD W. THORNTON, Appellant.
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION (Ind. No: 2011-019, CPL440)
Motion for permission to proceed on appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion, and no papers having been filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and Kelly L. Egan, Esq., Appeals Director, Rural Law Center of New York, 1528 Columbia Turnpike, Castleton NY 12033, 518-477-7137, having been designated by St. Lawrence County, is assigned to represent appellant upon this appeal pursuant to County Law section 722, and it is further
ORDERED that the appeal shall be perfected by the appendix method in accordance with section 1250.5 (c) of the Practice Rules of the Appellate Division and section 850.7 of this Court's Rules of Practice, and it is further
ORDERED that pursuant to section 850.11 (a) of this Court's Rules of Practice, the St. Lawrence County Court Clerk shall furnish to appellate counsel one copy of the transcripts of the stenographic minutes of all proceedings in this matter and one copy of any other paper or document on file in that office which is material and relevant to this appeal, except those portions which appellate counsel or the court from which the appeal is taken determines are unnecessary for perfection of the appeal, and to forward forthwith the other copy of said transcripts to the Clerk of this Court, and the transcripts shall be omitted from the hard copy and the digital copy of the record, and it is further
ORDERED that if the appeal is not perfected within 90 days of the date of this decision, appellate counsel shall move on notice for a further extension of time to perfect the appeal.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Mulvey and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court