Opinion
Motion No. 2022-02035 Ind. No. 3737/15Case No. 2017-318
06-30-2022
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Vega, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Sallie Manzanet-Daniels, Justice Presiding, Barbara R. Kapnick Lizbeth González Saliann Scarpulla Bahaati E. Pitt, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 22, 2016 (M-5017) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken from the judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about April 11, 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 a motion having been made by assigned counsel 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.