People v Ruiz, Daniel
Motion No: 2023-00700
Slip Opinion No: 2024 NY Slip Op 72603(U)
Decided on August 14, 2024
Appellate Division, Second 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.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M298535

AFA/

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

JANICE A. TAYLOR

CARL J. LANDICINO, JJ.

2023-00700

The People, etc., respondent,

v Daniel Ruiz, appellant.

(Ind. No. 72651/2022)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered December 16, 2022. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel, inter alia, to abate the appeal upon the death of the appellant on February 21, 2023.

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

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to abate the appeal is granted, the appeal is dismissed, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for further proceedings consistent with People v Mintz (20 NY2d 770); and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

CHAMBERS, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, TAYLOR and LANDICINO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court