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For January 9, 2026 through January 15, 2026, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PEOPLE v JEFFERSON (EARL) (229 AD3d 723):
APL-2025-00206 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 7/24/24; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Warhit, J., 11/17/25; Crimes--Vacatur of Judgment of Conviction--Whether the motion court properly determined that an undisclosed recorded statement did not constitute Brady material or newly discovered evidence; whether, following a hearing, defendant's CPL article 440 motion was properly denied; Supreme Court, Kings County, denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate a judgment of the same court (rendered 6-4-92), convicting defendant of murder in the second degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposed sentence; App. Div. affirmed.

PEOPLE v VASSELL (RAY) (236 AD3d 933):
APL-2025-00221 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/19/25; modification; leave to appeal granted by Halligan, J., 12/22/25; Crimes--Appeal--Whether defendant was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel, the right of confrontation, or due process by the denial of access on direct appeal to a trial exhibit consisting of a photograph of the victim; Crimes--Trial--Adjournment--Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's request to delay the proceedings for him to receive ashes for Ash Wednesday; Supreme Court, Kings County, convicted defendant of criminal sexual act in the first degree (6 counts), sexual abuse in the first degree (16 counts), incest in the first degree (6 counts), endangering the welfare of a child (2 counts), tampering with a witness in the fourth degree, and criminal contempt in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and sentenced him, as a second felony offender; App. Div. modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentences imposed on counts 1,2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and 17 from determinate terms of imprisonment of 15 years, to be followed by 20 years of postrelease supervision to determinate terms of imprisonment of 8 years, to be followed by 20 years of postrelease supervision, and, as so modified, affirmed.

WENEGIEME v JP MORGAN CHASE (2025 NY Slip Op 79048[U]):
APL-2025-00219 2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 10/22/25; dismissal; sua sponte examination of whether any jurisdictional basis exists for an appeal as of right; Appeal--Appealable paper-- Whether the Appellate Division properly dismissed the appeal on the ground that no appeal lies from an order entered on the default of the appealing party; App. Div. dismissed appeal and denied respondents' motion as academic.