Court Opinion

ID: 5956874
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 06:41:44.425527+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:47:59.116852
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Appeals from orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Failla, J.), entered February 20 and September 23, 1991, which granted defendant’s motion to suppress physical evidence and dismissed the indictment, respectively, are unanimously dismissed, with leave to reinstate within one year of the entry of this order upon submission of proof of service of the People’s brief upon defendant.
The appeals must be dismissed because defendant was not served with the People’s brief. The fact that the People served defendant’s trial counsel with their brief, does not constitute due process since, under 22 NYCRR 606.5 (1), his duty to represent defendant terminated with the conclusion of the proceeding in the trial court (People v Miller, 188 AD2d 399). Further, the Court has been advised by trial counsel that he has not been retained to represent defendant in this appeal. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Carro, Rosenberger, Ross and Asch, JJ.