Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M140146

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

ARIEL E. BELEN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2012-03056 The People, etc., respondent, v Linda Burnett-Hicks, appellant. (Ind. No. 2701/09)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered December 15, 2011, as a poor person, and for the assignment of counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is 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 the appeal was untimely taken (see CPL 460.10[1][a], 460.30), by filing an affidavit on that issue with the Clerk of this Court on or before August 9, 2012; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or her designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at her last known place of residence, or, if she is imprisoned, at the institution in which she is confined, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

DILLON, J.P., BELEN, AUSTIN and SGROI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court