Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Gayla Sims, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-02-17
Citations: 247 A.D.2d 559
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gayla Sims, Appellant.
Judges: Mangano, P. J., Miller, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 559–559

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gayla Sims, Appellant.
[668 NYS2d 914]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Boklan, J.), rendered January 21, 1997, convicting her of forgery in the second degree, criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, and petit larceny, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738) in which he moves to be relieved of the assignment to prosecute this appeal.
Ordered that the motion is granted, Thomas Fernandes is relieved as counsel for the defendant, and he is directed to turn over all papers in his possession to new counsel assigned herein; and it is further,
Ordered that Martin Geduldig, Esq., 400 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Hicksville, N. Y., 11801, is assigned as counsel to perfect the appeal; and it is further,
Ordered that the People are directed to furnish a copy of the stenographic minutes to the new assigned counsel; and it is further,
Ordered that new counsel shall serve and file a brief on behalf of the defendant within 90 days of the date of this decision and order and the People shall serve and file their brief within 120 days of the date of this decision and order; by prior decision and order of this Court, the defendant was granted leave to prosecute the appeal on the original papers (including the typewritten stenographic minutes) and on the typewritten briefs of the parties, who were directed to file nine copies of their respective briefs and to serve one copy on each other.
Based upon this Court's independent review of the record, we conclude that nonfrivolous issues exist with respect to, inter alia, the trial court's decision on that branch of the defendant's omnibus motion which was to suppress items recovered from the defendant's possession. Under the circumstances, the motion of the defendant's assigned counsel to be relieved as counsel is granted and new appellate counsel is assigned (see, People v Gonzalez, 47 NY2d 606; People v Casiano, 67 NY2d 906; People v Miller, 99 AD2d 1021).
Mangano, P. J., Miller, Pizzuto and Krausman, JJ., concur.