People v Bethea, Keith
2026 NY Slip Op 67006(U)
April 24, 2026
Appellate Division, Second Department
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The People, etc., respondent,
v
Keith Bethea, appellant.
Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division : Second Judicial Department
April 24, 2026
2024-12795, 71254/2024
Valerie Brathwaite Nelson, J.P.
Deborah A. Dowling
Helen Voutsinas
James P. McCormack, JJ.
[*1]DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County, rendered October 21, 2024. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated January 2, 2026, the appellant was directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, and assigned counsel's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.
Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of assigned counsel's motion and no papers having been opposition or in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,
ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is granted.
BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., DOWLING, VOUTSINAS and MCCORMACK, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Darrell M. Joseph
Clerk of the Court