Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M260298

V/

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.

2018-07006 The People, etc., respondent, v Sherwin R. Benn, appellant. (Ind. No. 2168/16)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered May 9, 2018, and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant's motion for leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person and for the assignment of counsel was granted on July 11, 2018, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Janet E. Sabel

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 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:

Paul Skip Laisure

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th Floor

New York, New York 10038

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 assigned counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated or referred to in the report, and to provide additional copies to this Court upon demand; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is extended; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions; 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.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., LEVENTHAL, CONNOLLY and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

18-A-2290

Downstate Corr. Fac.

121 Red Schoolhouse Rd., Box F

Fishkill, NY 12524