Opinion
Motion No. 2022-04467 Ind. No. 1383/15Case No. 2017-513
01-05-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carlos Valencia, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, Justice Presiding, Cynthia S. Kern Martin Shulman Julio Rodriguez III John R. Higgitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 22, 2016 (M-5016) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about March 15, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and such counsel having moved to be relieved, 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.