Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M167136

V/

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2011-08040, 2011-08041 The People, etc., respondent, v Christopher Russo, appellant. (S.C.I. Nos. 09-01158, 09-01159)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel on appeals from two judgments of the County Court, Westchester County, both rendered February 9, 2011, was granted on January 19, 2012. The following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeals:

Kenneth L. Bunting, Esq.

125 Dobbs Ferry Road

White Plains, New York 10607

On the Court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that counsel previously assigned to prosecute the appeals is relieved of the assignment and is directed to turn over all papers in this action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as new counsel to prosecute the appeals:

John Brian Macreery, Esq.

28 Edgemont Road

Katonah, N.Y. 10536

and it is further,

ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide assigned counsel with a copy of the pre-sentence 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.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

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