| People of State of New York v Guillermo Ferrer |
| Motion No: 2009-01962 qcr |
| Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 67103(U) |
| Decided on March 14, 2011 |
| Appellate Term, 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. |
of the State of New York for the 2nd, 11th & 13th judicial Districts
MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J.
MICHELLE WESTON
JAIME A. RIOS, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Guillermo Ferrer, Appellant. |
Motion by the Legal Aid Society, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County, rendered August 17, 2009, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that appellant has, in effect, abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to correspondence from assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated February 15, 2011, 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 was 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 the motion by assigned counsel, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk