Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M116102

V/

JOSEPH COVELLO, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

JEFFREY A. COHEN

ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

2009-05967 The People, etc., respondent, v Albert R. Hicks, appellant. (Ind. No. 3364-07)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant to relieve assigned counsel on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered May 13, 2009, and substitute retained counsel. The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel was granted on April 23, 2010, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Robert C. Mitchell, Esq.

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County - Appeals Bureau

Post Office Box 1697

Riverhead, New York 11901-3398

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 following attorney is substituted as retained counsel:

Christopher Renfroe, Esq.

118-35 Queens Boulevard, 14th Floor

Forest Hills, New York 11375

and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action, including any transcripts, to the Clerk of this Court; 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; and it is further,

ORDERED that retained counsel is directed to serve a copy of this order upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

COVELLO, J.P., HALL, COHEN and MILLER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

09-A-2706

Sing Sing Corr. Fac.

354 Hunter Street

Ossining, N.Y. 10562-5442