Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M73159

F/

ANITA R. FLORIO, J.P.

JOSEPH COVELLO

RUTH C. BALKIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2007-11414 The People, etc., respondent, v Wykeme Corker, appellant. (Ind. No. 99-00450)

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 County Court, Rockland County, rendered June 4, 2007. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on May 15, 2008, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

James Licata, Esq.

Office of the Public Defender

11 New Hemstead Road

New City, New York 10956-3664

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:

Gary Eisenberg, Esq.

10 Esquire Road - Suite 10

New City, New York 10956

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.

FLORIO, J.P., COVELLO, BALKIN, and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court