People v Wendell Wilson .

Motion No: M-3039

Slip Opinion No: 2018 NYSlipOp 82464(U)

Decided on September 6, 2018

Appellate Division, First 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.

September 6, 2018

The People of the State of New York,

Respondent,

v

Wendell Wilson,

Defendant-Appellant.

An order of this Court having been entered on November 14, 2017 (M-5139), granting defendant leave to prosecute, as a poor person, the appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about June 27, 2017, and assigning Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., predecessor counsel to Justine M. Luongo, Esq., The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and a motion having been made to relieve such counsel, and for related relief, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is granted to the extent of striking the designation of The Legal Aid Society, as counsel to prosecute defendant's appeal, and substituting, pursuant to Section 722 of the County Law, Christina Swarns, Esq., Office of the Appellate Defender, 11 Park Place, Room 1601, New York, New York 10007, Telephone No. 212-402-4100, as such counsel. The poor person relief previously granted is continued, and appellant's time in which to perfect the appeal is enlarged until 120 days from the date of this order or the filing of the record, whichever is later. ENTERED: September 6, 2018

_____________________ CLERK

Present - Hon. John W. Sweeny, Jr., Justice Presiding,Dianne T. Renwick Rosalyn H. Richter Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Richard T. Andrias, Justices

M-3039

Ind. No. 1624N/16