Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M269916

kbp/

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON

PAUL WOOTEN, JJ.

2014-00811 The People, etc., respondent, v Kareim Richardson, appellant. (Ind. No. 1545/11)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the appellant for leave to prosecute an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered January 6, 2014, as a poor person.

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 it is further,

ORDERED that the appeal will be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings, if any) and on the appellant's and the respondent's briefs; the parties are directed to file an original and five duplicate hard copies, and to serve one hard copy on each other (22 NYCRR 1250.9[a][4],[c][1],[d],[e]); additionally, the appellant is directed to file proof of service of a subpoena upon the clerk of the court of original instance requiring all documents constituting the record on appeal to be filed with the Clerk of this Court (22 NYCRR 1250.9[a][4][i]); and it is further,

ORDERED that the stenographer of the trial court is directed promptly to make, certify, and file two transcripts of the proceedings, if any, of any hearings held in connection with the judgment rendered January 6, 2014, except for those minutes previously transcribed and certified (see 22 NYCRR 671.9); and it is further,

ORDERED that the clerk of the trial court shall furnish one certified transcript of each of the proceedings set forth above to the appellant's pro bono counsel, Justin Bonus, 118-35 Queens Boulevard, Suite 400, Forest Hills, New York 11375, without charge (see CPLR 460.70); pro bono counsel is directed to turn over those transcripts to the respondent when counsel serves the appellant's brief on the respondent; and it is further,

ORDERED that tin the even the stenographer has already prepared a copy of any of the minutes for a codefendant, then the clerk of the trial court is directed to reproduce a copy thereof for pro bono counsel; and it is further,

ORDERED that pro bono counsel is directed to serve a copy of this order upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeal is enlarged. Pro bono counsel shall prosecute the appeal expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules and written directions.

CHAMBERS, J.P., LEVENTHAL, BRATHWAITE NELSON and WOOTEN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court