| People of State of New York v Sheraz Mohammed |
| Motion No: 2014-02367 QCR |
| Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 62826(U) |
| Decided on January 22, 2016 |
| Appellate Term, 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. |
of the State of New York for the 2nd, 11th & 13th judicial Districts
DAVID ELLIOT, J.P.
MICHAEL L. PESCE
MARTIN M. SOLOMON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Sheraz Mohammed, Appellant. |
Motion by John B. Latella, Esq., counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Queens County, rendered September 10, 2014, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated November 27, 2015, appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that he had abandoned the appeal, and the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved was held in abeyance in the interim.
Upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion by assigned counsel and the papers filed in response thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved is granted.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk