| People v Brown, Maurice |
| Motion No: 2014-07802 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 66645(U) |
| Decided on March 9, 2016 |
| 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
M207565
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RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P.
L. PRISCILLA HALL
SHERI S. ROMAN
JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.
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2014-07802 The People, etc., respondent, v Maurice Brown, appellant. (Ind. No. 2278/13)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Motion by the appellant to relieve counsel assigned to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered August 5, 2014, to substitute retained counsel, and to continue his status as a poor person. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 6, 2014, the appellant was granted poor person relief and the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:
Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq.
The Legal Aid Society
199 Water Street - 5th Floor
New York, New York 10038
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the following named attorney is substituted as retained counsel:
Deron Castro, Esq.
118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 1220
Forest Hills, NY 11375
and it is further,
ORDERED that former assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to retained counsel; 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 retained 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 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; and it is further,
ORDERED that retained 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.
BALKIN, J.P., HALL, ROMAN and MALTESE, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court