Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M272431

AFA/

REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P.

LEONARD B. AUSTIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2019-08905 The People, etc., respondent, v Rameshwar Singh, appellant. (Ind. No. 1633/2018)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 17, 2019. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute the appeal 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 August 14, 2019, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Paul Skip Laisure

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th 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:

Randall Unger

125-10 Queens Blvd., Suite 5

Kew Gardens, NY 11415

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 appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in 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 shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

RIVERA, J.P., AUSTIN, LEVENTHAL and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

18-R-0899

Green Haven Corr. Fac.

594 Route 216

Stormville, NY 12582