People v Velasco, Roberto A.
Motion No: 2024-03911
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 61861(U)
Decided on February 4, 2026
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

M311051

ID/

COLLEEN D. DUFFY, J.P.

DEBORAH A. DOWLING

JANICE A. TAYLOR

PHILLIP HOM, JJ.

2024-03911

The People, etc., respondent,

v Roberto A. Velasco, appellant.

(Ind. No. 71328/2022)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered April 19, 2024. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel, inter alia, to abate an appeal from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County, rendered April 19, 2024, upon the death of the appellant on October 26, 2025.

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 County Court, Suffolk County, for further proceedings consistent with People v Mintz (20 NY2d 770); and it is further,

ORDERED that the motion is otherwise denied.

DUFFY, J.P., DOWLING, TAYLOR and HOM, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court