People v Guevara, Hector
Motion No: 2010-05237
Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 71813(U)
Decided on May 4, 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

M119312

V/

DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO, J.P.

ANITA R. FLORIO

PLUMMER E. LOTT

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2010-05237

The People, etc., respondent,

v Hector Guevara, appellant.

(Ind. No. 1861/09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered May 17, 2010, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on August 2, 2010, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Kent V. Moston, Esq.

Attorney in Charge, Criminal Div.

Legal Aid Society of Nassau County

1 Helen Keller Way

Hempstead, New York 11550

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 former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Thomas T. Keating, Esq.

8 Chester Avenue, Suite 102

White Plains, N.Y. 10601

and it is further,

ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this order upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; assigned 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 assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this order upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

ANGIOLILLO, J.P., FLORIO, LOTT and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

10-R-1612

Gowanda Corr. Fac.

P.O. Box 311

Gowanda, N.Y. 14070