| People v Thompson, Benjamin E. |
| Motion No: 2010-10683 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2012 NY Slip Op 67477(U) |
| Decided on March 15, 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
M134663
V/
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.
MARK C. DILLON
DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.
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2010-10683 The People, etc., respondent, v Benjamin E. Thompson, appellant. (Ind. No. 2035-09)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 1, 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 May 12, 2011, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Robert C. Mitchell, Esq.
Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County - Appeals Bureau
Post Office Box 1697
Riverhead, New York 11901-3398
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:
Steven A. Feldman, Esq.
626 Reckson Plaza
West Tower, 6th Floor
Uniondale, N.Y. 11556
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.
RIVERA, J.P., DILLON, ANGIOLILLO and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court
Appellant's Address:
10-A-4792
Fivepoints Corr. Fac.
State Route 96, P.O. Box 119
Romulus, N.Y. 14541