PEOPLE V JOSEPH PIERCE
Motion No: KA 06-00961
Slip Opinion No: 2007 NYSlipOp 81217(U)
Decided on October 17, 2007
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


October 17, 2007

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., HURLBUTT, GORSKI, MARTOCHE, AND SMITH, JJ.

KA 06-00961
Indictment No: 00072-2005

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,
V
JOSEPH PIERCE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Counsel for appellant having moved for permission to withdraw as assigned counsel on an appeal taken from a judgment of the Erie County Court entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Erie on March 10, 2006, on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal,

Now, upon reading and filing the affidavit of Kristin M. Preve, sworn to September 21, 2007, the notice of motion with proof of service thereof, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion be and the same hereby is granted, and the order of this Court entered July 19, 2006 assigning David C. Schopp, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo to perfect the appeal is vacated.

Entered: October 17, 2007

JoAnn M. Wahl, Clerk