THE PEOPLE V KAAZIM F. FREEMAN
Motion No: KA 19-01598
Slip Opinion No: 2019 NY Slip Op 86919(U)
Decided on December 20, 2019
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


December 20, 2019

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, PERADOTTO, AND CARNI, JJ.

KA 19-01598
Indictment No: 2018-1088A

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

V

KAAZIM F. FREEMAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.


Counsel for appellant having moved to dismiss the appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Monroe County, rendered July 8, 2019, on the ground that appellant has died during the pendency of the appeal,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted, and

It is further ORDERED the appeal is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to Supreme Court, Monroe County, to vacate the judgment of conviction and dismiss the indictment (see People v Matteson, 75 NY2d 745 [1989]).

Entered: December 20, 2019

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court