Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M120522

V/

A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2011-02329, 2011-02330, 2011-02331 The People, etc., respondent, v Wole A. Lajidi, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 1013/09, 1014/09, 1016/09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute appeals from three judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County, all rendered January 31, 2011, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on May 9, 2011, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:

Lynn W. L. Fahey, Esq.

Appellate Advocates

2 Rector Street - 10th Floor

New York, New York 10006

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or 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 appeals:

Steven Banks, Esq.

The Legal Aid Society

199 Water Street - 5th Floor

New York, New York 10038

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 appeals is enlarged; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals 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 appeals are taken.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

Please make inquiry to the State Inmate Locator

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Telephone: (518) 457-0043