| People v Strange, Jason |
| Motion No: 2011-05112 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 66690(U) |
| Decided on March 8, 2012 |
| 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. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
M134463
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PETER B. SKELOS, J.P.
THOMAS A. DICKERSON
RANDALL T. ENG
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.
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2011-05112 The People, etc., respondent, v Jason Strange, appellant. (S.C.I. No. 10-01345)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Motion by Marianne Karas, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered April 18, 2011, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has, in effect, abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated January 30, 2012, 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.
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[f]; CPL 470.60[1]); and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.
SKELOS, J.P., DICKERSON, ENG and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court