Opinion
Motion No. 2023-00337 Ind. No. 4730/17Case No. 2018-4683
03-28-2023
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robin Velez, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Acting Presiding Justice, David Friedman, Peter H. Moulton, Manuel J. Mendez, Bahaati E. Pitt-Burke, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on February 19, 2019 (M-6350) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about July 11, 2018, and assigning Janet E. Sabel, Esq., 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.