People v Ferrante, David
Motion No: 2006-00653
Slip Opinion No: 2006 NYSlipOp 80282(U)
Decided on November 20, 2006
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M47128

F/

HOWARD MILLER, J.P.

DAVID S. RITTER

ROBERT W. SPOLZINO

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2006-00653

The People, etc., respondent,

v David Ferrante, appellant.

(Ind. No. 1179-05)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by Counsel to be Relieved

On the court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that the decision and order on motion in the above-entitled case dated September 29, 2006, is recalled and vacated and the following decision and order on motion is substituted therefor:

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of an assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered December 27, 2005. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on March 2, 2006, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Robert C. Mitchell, Esq.

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County - Appeals Bureau

Post Office Box 1697

Riverhead, New York 11901-3398

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Joseph R. Faraguna, Esq.

P.O. Box 122

Sag Harbor, New York 11963

and it is further,

ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions.

MILLER, J.P., RITTER, SPOLZINO, and DILLON, concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court