Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M217513

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JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

SANDRA L. SGROI

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2016-06925, 2016-06926 The People, etc., respondent, v Zhordrack F. Blodywon, also known as Zhordrack Bloodywone, appellant. (Ind. Nos. 2284/14, 2034/14)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the appellant pro se for leave to prosecute appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Queens County, both rendered May 3, 2016, as a poor person, and for the assignment of counsel.

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

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed either (1) to show cause before this Court why the appeals should not be dismissed on the ground that the notice of appeals from the judgments was untimely (see CPL 460.30) by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before October 31, 2016, or (2), if so advised, to make a motion pursuant to CPL 460.30 for an extension of time to take the appeals, on or before October 31, 2016; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to respond to the order to show cause or to make a motion pursuant to CPL 460.30:

Lynn W. L. Fahey, Esq.

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th Floor

New York, New York 10038

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance pending determination of this Court's motion to dismiss the appeals; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at the appellant's last known place of residence or, if the appellant is imprisoned, at the institution in which the appellant is confined, upon the attorney who last appeared for the appellant, upon the attorney named above, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

LEVENTHAL, J.P., AUSTIN, SGROI and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

16-A-1980

Great Meadow Correctional Facility

11739 State Route 22

P.O. Box 51

Comstock, New York 12821-0051