Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M189419

T/sl

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

SANDRA L. SGROI

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX, JJ.

2014-05078 The People, etc., respondent, v Franklyn Campbell, appellant. (Ind. No. 89350/94)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant for leave to prosecute an appeal, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated April 3, 2014, as a poor person, and to assign Thomas F. Liotti, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal.

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

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to assign Thomas F. Liotti, Esq., as counsel to prosecute the appeal, is denied, without prejudice to (1) Thomas F. Liotti, Esq., on or before April 20, 2015, filing an affirmation with the Clerk of this Court stating that he will prosecute the appeal pro bono, or (2) the appellant, on or before April 20, 2015, moving for the assignment of other counsel to prosecute the appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appeal will be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the appellant's and the respondent's briefs; the parties are directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other; and it is further,

ORDERED that the stenographer of the trial court is directed promptly to make, certify, and file two transcripts of any hearing held in connection with the order dated April 3, 2014, except for those minutes previously transcribed and certified (see 22 NYCRR 671.9); and it is further,

ORDERED that the clerk of the trial court shall furnish one certified transcript of each of the proceedings set forth above to the appellant's counsel, without charge (see CPL 460.70); the appellant's counsel is directed to turn over those transcripts to the respondent when counsel serves the appellant's brief on the respondent; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged; the appellant's 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 in the event the file has been sealed, it is hereby unsealed for the limited purpose of allowing the appellant's counsel or his or her representative access to the record for the purpose of preparing the appeal; such access shall include permission to copy the papers insofar as they pertain to the appellant; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's counsel is directed to serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, SGROI and HINDS-RADIX, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court