Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M193457

V/

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2013-06953, 2013-06966 The People, etc., respondent, v Paul Giddens, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 12-00284, 12-00389)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel on appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Rockland County, both rendered June 18, 2013, was granted by decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 18, 2013. The following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeals:

Edward M. Cigna, Esq.

54 South Liberty Drive, 2nd Floor

Stony Point, N.Y. 10980

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:

Mark Diamond, Esq.

Box 287356

Yorkville Station

New York, N.Y. 10128

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 appeal 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:

13-A-2755

Five Points Corr. Fac.

6600 State Route 96

Romulus, N.Y. 14541