Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M55723

F/

STEPHEN G. CRANE, J.P.

GLORIA GOLDSTEIN

JOSEPH COVELLO

THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ.

2006-04589 The People, etc., respondent, v Kevin Jones, appellant. (Ind. No. 2469/04)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION Motion by Counsel to be Relieved

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of an assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered April 25, 2006. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on October 5, 2006, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

The Legal Aid Society

199 Water Street - 5th Floor

New York, New York 10038

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:

Lynn W. L. Fahey, Esq.

Appellate Advocates

2 Rector Street - 10th Floor

New York, New York 10006

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.

CRANE, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, COVELLO, and DICKERSON, concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court