People v Messina (Robert)

[*1] People v Messina (Robert) 2014 NY Slip Op 50091(U) Decided on January 31, 2014 Appellate Term, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.

Decided on January 31, 2014
SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE TERM, FIRST DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: Lowe, III, P.J., Schoenfeld, Shulman, JJ
570906/12.

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, - -

against

Robert Messina, Defendant-Appellant.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, New York County (Alexander Tisch, J.), rendered July 20, 2012, convicting him, upon a plea of guilty, of criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and imposing sentence.

Per Curiam.

Appeal from judgment (Alexander Tisch, J. at plea and sentence), rendered July 20, 2012, held in abeyance, motion by assigned counsel to be relieved denied without prejudice to renewal, and counsel directed to communicate with defendant forthwith concerning his willingness or unwillingness to seek vacatur of his plea and the possible consequences of pursuing an appeal, and advising him that he has 60 days from the date of this order to file a pro se supplemental brief (See People v Wright, appeal numbered 12-293, decided herewith.)

THIS CONSTITUTES THE ORDER OF THE COURT.
Decision Date: January 31, 2014