| People of State of New York v Anthony Guzzardo |
| Motion No: 2018-01428 DCR |
| Slip Opinion No: 2020 NY Slip Op 75350(U) |
| Decided on November 20, 2020 |
| 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 9th & 10th Judicial Districts
THOMAS A. ADAMS, P.J.
JERRY GARGUILO
ELIZABETH H. EMERSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
| The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Anthony Guzzardo, Appellant. |
Motion by Thomas N. Angell, Esq., counsel assigned to represent appellant on an appeal from a judgment of conviction of the Justice Court of the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, rendered July 5, 2018, 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 March 3, 2020, appellant was directed to show cause before this court why an order should or should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that he had abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to correspondence sent to him by assigned counsel, and the motion by assigned counsel 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 the papers 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, in effect, to be relieved is granted.
ENTER:
Paul Kenny
Chief Clerk