Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M84563

F/

STEVEN W. FISHER, J.P.

MARK C. DILLON

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

2007-06044 The People, etc., respondent, v Anthony Williams, appellant. (Ind. No. 7350/02)

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, Kings County, rendered June 20, 2007. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on October 14, 2008, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Cheryl Charles Duval, Esq.

44 Court Street - Suite 909

Brooklyn, New York 11201

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:

Leighton M. Jackson, Esq.

315 Bleecker Street

Suite 259

New York, New York 10017

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.

FISHER, J.P., DILLON, LEVENTHAL, and CHAMBERS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court