Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M107919

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MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

L. PRISCILLA HALL

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, JJ.

2010-02715 The People, etc., respondent, v Leo H. Cummings, also known as Andrew Alicia, appellant. (Ind. No. 1074/04)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by Jillian S. Harrington, counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered March 8, 2010, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation 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 he has abandoned the appeal, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before April 11, 2014; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel to be relieved 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 his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

DILLON, J.P., HALL, AUSTIN and DUFFY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court