| People of State of New York v Jessie Pinales |
| Motion No: 2017-00051 QCR |
| Slip Opinion No: 2019 NY Slip Op 71860(U) |
| Decided on May 29, 2019 |
| 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
MICHAEL L. PESCE, P.J.
THOMAS P. ALIOTTA
DAVID ELLIOT, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jessie Pinales, Appellant. |
Motion by Paul Skip Laisure, 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 December 12, 2016, in effect, to be relieved as counsel 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 April 2, 2019, appellant was directed to show cause 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 no papers having been 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 to be relieved as counsel is granted.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk