Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M96015

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

FRED T. SANTUCCI

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2008-11710 The People, etc., respondent, v Jaad Sackey-El, appellant. (Ind. No. 08-00332)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant to relieve assigned counsel on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered December 18, 2008, to substitute retained counsel, and to continue his status as a poor person. The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel was granted on March 10, 2009, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Michele Marte-Indzonka, Esq.

46 So. Plank Road

Newburgh, New York 12550

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 said assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to retained counsel:

Douglas M. Jones, Esq.

260 Main Street

Goshen, New York 10924

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's poor person status is continued; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged. Retained 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., SANTUCCI, LEVENTHAL and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court