Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M112042

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WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

RANDALL T. ENG

L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.

2010-07948 The People, etc., respondent, v Vontrell J. Hobson, appellant. (Ind. No. 2445-09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered June 24, 2010, as a poor person, and for the assignment of counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant's motion papers are deemed to be an application pursuant to CPL 460.30 to extend the time to file a notice of appeal and the application is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is denied, with leave to renew upon proper papers, including the appellant's affidavit setting forth (1) whether the appellant was represented by assigned counsel or retained counsel at trial and, if retained, the amount and source of counsel fees paid to retained counsel, and (2) if on bail before conviction, the amount and source of the bail money, and if bail was the appellant's own money, what happened to the same after conviction.

MASTRO, J.P., BALKIN, ENG and HALL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court