Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ali Ouni, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2009-11-24
Citations: 67 A.D.3d 1029
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ali Ouni, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 1029–1029

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ali Ouni, Appellant.
[888 NYS2d 760]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from an oral decision of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Brennan, J.), dated January 21, 2009, denying his request for an adjournment.
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed.
It is settled that "[t]he right to appeal in a criminal action is purely statutory" (People v Taylor, 99 AD2d 820 [1984]; see People v Stevens, 91 NY2d 270, 277 [1998]). The oral denial of the defendant's request for an adjournment is not a ruling from which a defendant may take an appeal either as of right (see CPL 450.10) or by permission (see CPL 450.15). The appeal, therefore, must be dismissed (cf. People v Oskroba, 305 NY 113, 117 [1953]). Fisher, J.P., Santucci, Dickerson, Chambers and Lott, JJ., concur.