People v Sinclair, Jerwayne
Motion No: 2021-05159
Slip Opinion No: 2026 NY Slip Op 64164(U)
Decided on March 13, 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

M311867

ID/

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.

WILLIAM G. FORD

HELEN VOUTSINAS

JAMES P. MCCORMACK, JJ.

2021-05159, 2021-05161

The People, etc., respondent,

v Jerwayne Sinclair, appellant.

(Ind. Nos. 8733/2017, 3773/2019)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Appeals from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Kings County, both rendered July 7, 2021. Motion by the appellant's assigned counsel, in effect, to be relieved on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal by failing to respond to communications by assigned counsel. By order to show cause dated December 26, 2025, the appellant was directed to show cause before this Court why an order should not be made and entered dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appellant has abandoned the appeal, and assigned counsel's motion was held in abeyance in the interim.

Now, upon the order to show cause and no papers having been filed in response thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed; and it is further,

ORDERED that assigned counsel's motion is granted.

DILLON, J.P., FORD, VOUTSINAS and MCCORMACK, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court