THE PEOPLE V JOE A. CORTEZ, ALSO KNOWN AS JOE CORTEZ
Motion No: KA 26-00060
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 63127(U)
Decided on February 24, 2026
Appellate Division, Fourth 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.


February 24, 2026

PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., LINDLEY, CURRAN, BANNISTER, AND MONTOUR, JJ.

KA 26-00060
Indictment No: 70584-23/001

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,

V

JOE A. CORTEZ, ALSO KNOWN AS JOE CORTEZ, DEFENDANT.


Defendant having moved pursuant to CPL 460.30 to extend the time to take an appeal from a judgment of the Genesee County Court, rendered February 24, 2025,

Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon,

It is hereby ORDERED that the notice of appeal filed in the Genesee County Clerk's Office on September 4, 2025, which lists the indictment number as 70584-23 and the conviction date as January 14, 2025, shall be treated as valid as to indictment number 70584-23/001 and the conviction date of February 24, 2025, pursuant to CPL 460.10 (6), and

It is further ORDERED that the motion is granted, and the notice of appeal dated February 25, 2025, is deemed timely filed and served.

Entered: February 24, 2026

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court