People v Toutpuissant, Jean
Motion No: 2011-02518
Slip Opinion No: 2014 NY Slip Op 80986(U)
Decided on August 20, 2014
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.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M178531

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REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

RUTH C. BALKIN

PLUMMER E. LOTT

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2011-02518

The People, etc., respondent,

v Jean Toutpuissant, appellant.

(Ind. No. 2971/08)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Renewed motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered February 2, 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 the motion is denied, with leave to renew upon proper papers, including the appellant's affidavit setting forth the amount and source of counsel fees paid to retained trial counsel and an explanation as to what happened to the $15,000 retainer paid to former appellate counsel, Bruce Barket.

RIVERA, J.P., BALKIN, LOTT and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court