People v Lawrence, Nathan
Motion No: 2000-11279
Slip Opinion No: 2009 NY Slip Op 80042(U)
Decided on August 7, 2009
Appellate Division, Second 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.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M90503

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STEVEN W. FISHER, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

RANDALL T. ENG

ARIEL E. BELEN, JJ.

2000-11279

The People, etc., respondent,

v Nathan Lawrence, appellant.

(Ind. No. 99-2297)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered December 6, 2000, as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel. By order to show cause dated June 25, 2009, the appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that he had abandoned the appeal, and the appellant's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.

Upon the order to show cause and the papers filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the appellant's motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed (see 22 NYCRR 670.8[f]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel is denied as academic.

FISHER, J.P., DICKERSON, ENG and BELEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court