Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M304930

AFA/

BETSY BARROS, J.P.

WILLIAM G. FORD

LOURDES M. VENTURA

DONNA-MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ.

2025-03932 The People, etc., respondent, v Raul P. Paz, appellant. (Ind. No. 70506/2023)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Raul P. Paz pursuant to CPL 460.30 for an extension of time to take an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County, rendered May 21, 2024, for waiver of costs, fees, and expenses, and for the assignment of counsel.

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 pursuant to CPL 460.30 for an extension of time to take an appeal from the judgment is granted and the moving papers are deemed to constitute a timely notice of appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branches of the motion which are for waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and for the assignment of counsel are denied, with leave to renew upon proper papers, including the appellant's affidavit setting forth (1) any and all sources of income before conviction, including any financial support from the appellant's wife, and (2) the source of counsel fees paid to retained counsel in the County Court and, if paid for by another, whether such source remains available.

BARROS, J.P., FORD, VENTURA and GOLIA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court