People v Ganthier, Evans
Motion No: 2013-10130
Slip Opinion No: 2015 NY Slip Op 76917(U)
Decided on June 19, 2015
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

M194280

V/

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.

2013-10130

The People, etc., respondent,

v Evans Ganthier, appellant.

(Ind. No. 443-10)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant to relieve assigned counsel on an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered September 30, 2013, to substitute retained counsel, and to continue the appellant's status as a poor person. The appellant's motion to dispense with printing and for assignment of counsel was granted on May 12, 2014, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Robert C. Mitchell, Esq.

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County - Appeals Bureau

Post Office Box 1697

Riverhead, New York 11901-3398

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

ORDERED that the motion is granted; and said assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to retained counsel:

Jonathan I. Edelstein, Esq.

501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 514

New York, N.Y. 10017

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's poor person status is continued; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged. Retained counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions.

DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, AUSTIN and LASALLE, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

13-A-4490

Five Points Corr. Fac.

6600 State Route, 96 Caller Box 400

Romulus, N.Y. 14541