Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M280119

AFA/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

2021-03277 The People, etc., respondent, v Robert Saunders, appellant. (Ind. No. 1997-722)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from an amended judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered

April 22, 2021. The appellant's motion for poor person relief and the assignment of counsel was granted on June 30, 2021, and the following named attorney was assigned to prosecute the appeal:

Walter J. Storey

301 Main St., Suite 2E

Goshen, NY 10924

On the Court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that previously assigned counsel is relieved of the assignment and 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 to prosecute the appeal:

Richard L. Herzfeld

112 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, NY 10016

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 pre-sentence report prepared in connection with the defendant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the defendant which are incorporated 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 is directed to serve a copy of this order upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

LASALLE, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON and CHAMBERS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Acting Clerk of the Court