THE PEOPLE V RICHARD W. COOPER, ALSO KNOWN AS DICK WILLIAM COOPER
Motion No: KA 20-01462
Slip Opinion No: 2024 NY Slip Op 63604(U)
Decided on February 23, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


February 23, 2024

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND BANNISTER, JJ.

KA 20-01462
Indictment No: 00768-2019

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

V

RICHARD W. COOPER, ALSO KNOWN AS DICK WILLIAM COOPER, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.


Counsel for appellant having moved for permission to withdraw as assigned counsel on an appeal taken herein from a judgment of Erie County Court, rendered September 29, 2020, on the ground that appellant has abandoned the appeal,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is granted to the extent that Susan C. Ministero, Esq., of the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., is relieved of their assignment, and

It is further ORDERED that the appellant perfect the appeal on or before April 19, 2024, and in the event of failure to so perfect, the appeal is hereby dismissed without further order.

Entered: February 23, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court