People v Wongsam, Orrett A.
Motion No: 2010-07939
Slip Opinion No: 2011 NY Slip Op 89085(U)
Decided on November 7, 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

M128159

E/ct

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

RANDALL T. ENG

JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2010-07939

The People, etc., respondent,

v Orrett A. Wongsam, appellant.

(Ind. No. 1469-09)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Robert C. Mitchell for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered July 19, 2010, on the ground that the appellant has been deported and is no longer amenable to the jurisdiction of the Court.

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 denied (see People v Ventura, ___ NY3d ___ [Oct. 25, 2011]; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions.

DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, ENG and COHEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Matthew G. Kiernan

Clerk of the Court