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For October 14, 2022 through October 20, 2022, no preliminary appeal statements were filed.

For October 21, 2022 through October 27, 2022, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

PEOPLE v AGUILAR (GONZALO) (206 AD3d 572):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 6/28/22; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Rivera, J., 9/15/22; Crimes--Jurors--Whether trial court erred in declining to re- instruct jury on justification in response to jury note requesting definitions of the crimes charged; Crimes--Witnesses--Whether trial court deprived defendant of due process and the presumption of innocence by instructing jury that defendant was interested in outcome of proceedings; Supreme Court, New York County, convicted defendant of murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree, and sentenced him to an aggregate term of 25 years to life; App. Div. affirmed.

PEOPLE v BAEZ (MELVIN) (202 AD3d 1102):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 2/23/22; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Wilson, J., 9/29/22; Crimes--Evidence--Whether the evidence was legally sufficient to establish chain of custody of certain drugs after they were recovered and vouchered into police custody; Crimes--Right to Representation Pro se--Whether the trial court improperly allowed defendant to represent himself at trial; Supreme Court, Queens County, convicted defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree and using a portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle, and imposed sentence; App. Div. affirmed.

CAVALIER v WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS (— Misc 3d —, 2022 NY Slip Op 22290):
Warren County, Supreme Court order of 9/19/22; denial of motion; sua sponte examination of whether an appeal is currently pending at the Appellate Division and whether a direct appeal lies pursuant to CPLR 5601(b)(2); Elections--Absentee Ballots-- Whether the circumstances under which the Legislature may authorize absentee balloting are limited by New York's Constitution, Article II, Section 2; Supreme Court, Warren County denied plaintiff's application for a preliminary injunction, granted the motions of Warren County Board of Elections and Intervenor Attorney General and dismissed the complaint against all defendants.