Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M284272

AFA/

BETSY BARROS, J.P.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

JOSEPH A. ZAYAS

LARA J. GENOVESI, JJ.

2018-06944 The People, etc., respondent, v Oscar Morales, appellant. (Ind. No. 339/2016)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal from an amended judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, rendered November 8, 2017. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is 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, by filing an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue in the office of the Clerk of this Court on or before September 2, 2022, by ordinary mail; assigned counsel or the respondent may respond to this order to show cause, if so advised, by uploading a digital copy of an affirmation or an affidavit through the digital portal on this Court's website, with proof of service thereof, on or before September 2, 2022; and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion by assigned counsel is held in abeyance in the interim; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court or her designee is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at his last known place of residence or, if he is imprisoned, at the institution in which he is confined, and upon the attorney who last appeared for him, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

BARROS, J.P., CHAMBERS, ZAYAS and GENOVESI, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Clerk of the Court