Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division : Second Judicial Department

May 6, 2026

2025-04824, 70766/2021

Betsy Barros, J.P.

Valerie Brathwaite Nelson

Laurence L. Love

Susan Quirk, JJ.

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DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered July 10, 2024. Motion by assigned counsel to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute the appeal and for the assignment of new counsel. The appellant was granted waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and was assigned of counsel on April 25, 2025, pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law § 380.55(2), and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Warren Landau

448 West Broadway

Cedarhurst, NY 11516

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:

Marianne Karas

980 Broadway, Suite 324

Thornwood, NY 10594

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.

BARROS, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, LOVE and QUIRK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

24-B-3619

Auburn Correctional Facility

135 State Street, P. O. Box 618

Auburn, NY 13021