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People v Washington (2021 NY Slip Op 05737)

People v Washington

2021 NY Slip Op 05737

Decided on October 20, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

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Decided on October 20, 2021
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department

MARK C. DILLON, J.P.
LINDA CHRISTOPHER
PAUL WOOTEN
DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.

2019-01142
 (Ind. No. 799/18)

[*1]The People of the State of New York, respondent,
vMark Washington, also known as Marc Washington, appellant.

Charles E. Holster III, Garden City, NY, for appellant.
Joyce A. Smith, Acting District Attorney, Mineola, NY (Tammy J. Smiley and Matthew C. Frankel of counsel), for respondent.

DECISION & ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Helene F. Gugerty, J.), rendered January 11, 2019, convicting him of burglary in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.
ORDERED that the motion of Charles E. Holster III for leave to withdraw as counsel is granted, and he is directed to turn over all papers in his possession to new counsel assigned herein; and it is further,
ORDERED that Jan Murphy, P.O. Box 692, Uniondale, NY 11553, is assigned as counsel to prosecute the appeal; and it is further,
ORDERED that the respondent is directed to furnish a copy of the certified transcript of the proceedings to the appellant's new assigned counsel; and it is further,
ORDERED that new counsel shall serve and file a brief on behalf of the appellant within 90 days of this decision and order on motion, and the respondent shall serve and file its brief within 30 days after the brief on behalf of the appellant is served and filed. By prior decision and order on motion of this Court dated April 24, 2019, the appellant was granted leave to prosecute the appeal as a poor person, with the appeal to be heard on the original papers (including a certified transcript of the proceedings) and on the briefs of the parties. The parties are directed to upload, through the digital portal on this Court's website, digital copies of their respective briefs, with proof of service of one hard copy on each other (see 22 NYCRR 670.9[a]).
Upon this Court's independent review of the record, we conclude that nonfrivolous issues exist in this case, including, but not necessarily limited to, whether the sentence imposed was excessive (see People v Malgarinos, 194 AD3d 845, 846; see generally People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80). Accordingly, under the circumstances, we must assign new counsel to represent the defendant.
DILLON, J.P., CHRISTOPHER, WOOTEN and DOWLING, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Maria T. Fasulo
Acting Clerk of the Court