Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M301638

AFA/

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

LAURENCE L. LOVE

PHILLIP HOM, JJ.

2024-01245, 2024-13147 The People, etc., respondent, v Robert Ferrara, appellant. (S.C.I. Nos. 70381/2020, 70564/2023)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County, rendered June 12, 2023. Motion by the appellant, in effect, to deem the notice of appeal from the judgment rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70381/2020 to reflect that an appeal is also taken from a judgment of the same court, rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70564/2023, and to amend a prior order granting poor person relief and the assignment of counsel with respect to the judgment rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70381/2020 to reflect that poor person relief and the assignment of counsel are also granted with respect to the judgment of the same court rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70564/2023, and to consolidate the appeals. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated April 12, 2024, the appellant was granted poor person relief with respect to the judgment rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70381/2020 and pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute that appeal:

Jillian S. Harrington

P.O. Box 131621

Staten Island, NY 10313

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, the notice of appeal from the judgment rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70381/2020 is deemed to reflect that an appeal is also taken from the judgment rendered June 12, 2023, under S.C.I. No. 70564/2023, poor person relief and the assignment of counsel are granted as to the judgment rendered under S.C.I. No. 70564/2023, the decision and order on motion of this Court dated April 12, 2024, is amended to reflect that the assignment of the above-referenced counsel is also granted with respect to the judgment rendered under S.C.I. No. 70564/2023, and the appeals are consolidated; and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's time to perfect the appeals is extended; assigned counsel shall prosecute the appeals expeditiously in accordance with this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 1250.9) and written directions; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel is directed to serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeals are taken.

CHAMBERS, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, LOVE and HOM, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

Please make inquiry to the State Inmate Locator

New York State Department of Correctional Services

Telephone: (518) 457-0043