Opinion
Motion No. 2023-05773 Ind. No. 841/16Case No. 2017-1358
02-22-2024
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Paul Wooster, Defendant-Appellant.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Cynthia S. Kern, Justice Presiding, Lizbeth González, Martin Shulman, John R. Higgitt, Llinét M. Rosado, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on April 20, 2017 (M-1658) granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal taken to this Court from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about July 28, 2016, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., as predecessor to Twyla Carter, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and assigned counsel having moved to be relieved as such counsel, or, in the alternative, to dismiss the appeal with 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due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of deeming the appeal withdrawn.