Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M77007

F/

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

ROBERT A. LIFSON

EDWARD D. CARNI

RANDALL T. ENG, JJ.

2007-08347 The People, etc., respondent, v Stanley Brewer, appellant. (Ind. No. 06-00222)

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, Westchester County, rendered August 2, 2007. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on December 10, 2007, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Jeanne E. Mettler, Esq.

17 Adams Street

Bedford Hills, New York 10507

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:

Peter Davis, Esq.

P.O. Box 2467

Mt. Vernon, New York 10550

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.

RIVERA, J.P., LIFSON, CARNI, and ENG, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court