Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M310593

ID/

LARA J. GENOVESI, J.P.

LINDA CHRISTOPHER

BARRY E. WARHIT

LOURDES M. VENTURA, JJ.

2023-05349 The People, etc., respondent, v Mahendra Ali, appellant. (Ind. No. 71921/2022)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered June 6, 2023. Motion by the appellant to relieve assigned counsel, to substitute retained counsel, and, in effect, to continue his status as a party with insufficient means to pay costs, fees, and expenses. The appellant was granted waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and the assignment of counsel on July 7, 2023, and the following named attorney was assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal:

Patricia Pazner

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th Floor

New York, New York 10038

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

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to relieve assigned counsel and substitute retained counsel is granted, and said assigned counsel is directed to turn over all papers in the action to the retained counsel:

Angela Kelley

10 Greenwood Drive #177

East Greenbush, NY 12061

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's status as a party with insufficient means to pay costs, fees, and expenses is continued; and it is further,

ORDERED that upon service of a copy of this decision and order on motion upon it, the Department of Probation is hereby authorized and directed to provide retained counsel with a copy of the presentence report prepared in connection with the appellant's sentencing, including the recommendation sheet and any prior reports on the appellant which are incorporated in or referred to in the report, and to provide additional copies to this Court upon demand; and it is further,

ORDERED that in the event an issue as to the legality, propriety, or excessiveness of the sentence is raised on appeal, or if retained counsel cites or relies upon the probation report in a brief or motion in any other way, counsel shall provide a complete copy of such report and any attachments to the Court and the District Attorney's office prior to the filing of such brief or motion; and it is further,

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

ORDERED that retained counsel shall serve a copy of this decision and order on motion upon the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken.

GENOVESI, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, WARHIT and VENTURA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

Appellant's Address:

23-R-1484

Woodbourne Correctional Facility

99 Prison Road, P.O. Box 1000

Woodbourne, NY 12788-1000