Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00733 Ind No. 2216/16Case No. 2018-1182
04-11-2023
The People of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Torres, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Cynthia S. Kern Anil C. Singh Saliann Scarpulla John R. Higgitt, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on January 04, 2018 (M-5657) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered on or about October 17, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.