People of State of New York v Boudreau
Motion No: 2008-03995
Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 66919(U)
Decided on March 15, 2011
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

M116989

E/sl

JOSEPH COVELLO, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

JEFFREY A. COHEN

ROBERT J. MILLER, JJ.

2008-03995

People of State of New York, respondent,

v Geoffrey Boudreau, appellant.

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Brendan O'Meara, Esq., counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated March 10, 2008, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated January 11, 2011, 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 motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is held in abeyance in the interim

Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of assigned counsel's motion and the papers filed 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[e]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.

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

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court