Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M196596

E/sl

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

THOMAS A. DICKERSON

SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2014-09016 The People, etc., respondent, v Jovante Slater, appellant. (Ind. No. 10088/13)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County, rendered September 17, 2014, and for the assignment of new counsel. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 2, 2015, the appellant was granted poor person relief and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Carol Kahn, Esq.

225 Broadway Suite 1510

New York, New York 10007

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 appeal:

Thomas T. Keating, Esq.

39A Cedar Street

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522

and it is further,

ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order 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 appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in or referred to in the report; and it is further,

ORDERED that in the event an issue as to the legality, propriety, or excessiveness of the sentence is raised on appeal, or if assigned counsel cites or relies upon the probation report in a brief or motion in any other way, counsel shall provide a complete copy of such report and any attachments to the court and the District Attorney's office prior to the filing of such brief or motion; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal 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; and it is further,

ORDERED that in the event the file has been sealed, it is hereby unsealed for the limited purpose of allowing assigned 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 assigned 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.

RIVERA, J.P., DICKERSON, HINDS-RADIX and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

14-A-4312

Downstate Corr. Fac.

P.O. Box F

Fishkill, N.Y. 12524