| People v Rifino, Ricardo |
| Motion No: 2013-10730 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2015 NY Slip Op 76925(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. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
M194302
V/
MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
JOHN M. LEVENTHAL
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ.
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2013-10730, 2013-10733 The People, etc., respondent, v Ricardo Rifino, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 2484/09, 3152/10)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute appeals from two judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 25, 2013, and October 28, 2013, respectively, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeals as a poor person and for assignment of counsel was granted on December 29, 2014, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
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 the former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to new counsel herein assigned; and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeals:
Maureen Galvin Dwyer, Esq.
1019 Ft. Salonga Road, Suite 10-308
Northport, N.Y., 11768
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 presentence 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 appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 670.1, et seq.) and written directions; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken.
DILLON, J.P., LEVENTHAL, AUSTIN and LASALLE, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court
Appellant's Address:
13-A-4888
Clinton Corr. Fac.
P.O. Box 2000
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929