Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M70218

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FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P.

JOSEPH COVELLO

ARIEL E. BELEN

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

2006-10752, 2006-10753 The People, etc., respondent, v Christopher Matos, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 637/06, 639/06)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant pro se to relieve counsel assigned to prosecute appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County, both rendered March 28, 2006, and for leave to proceed pro se.

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that on the court's own motion, the appellant is granted leave to file a supplemental pro se brief; and it is further,

ORDERED that the District Attorney shall file the transcript of the proceedings, if any, and the Clerk of this court shall deliver those minutes to the person in charge of the institution wherein the appellant is incarcerated for examination by the appellant; the transcript shall be returned to this court when the appellant files the supplemental brief or informs this court that no supplemental brief will be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant shall file nine copies of the supplemental brief and serve one copy on the District Attorney.

Upon delivering the minutes to the institution, the Clerk of this court shall advise the appellant of the date by which the minutes are to be returned and the brief filed.

SANTUCCI, J.P., COVELLO, BELEN and CHAMBERS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court