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For November 16, 2018 through November 22, 2018, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

HILL (RAYHEAME), PEOPLE v (153 AD3d 413):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 8/1/17; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Manzanet-Daniels, J., 10/23/18; Rule 500.11 review pending; Crimes--Suppression Hearing--Whether defendant had standing to challenge search of apartment and vehicle; whether People met burden of proving that consent to search was voluntary; whether illegal search of defendant's bags at hospital impermissibly tainted subsequent searches of apartment and vehicle; application of independent source rule; Supreme Court, Bronx County, convicted defendant of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and sentenced defendant, as a second felony offender, to a term of 10 years; App. Div. affirmed.

For November 23, 2018 through November 29, 2018, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

GRIFFITH (HOWARD), PEOPLE v (— AD3d —, 2018 NY Slip Op 07579):
4th Dept. App. Div. order of 11/9/18; reversal; sua sponte examination whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution and whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Crimes--Sex Offenders--Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)-- Whether defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel on his petition seeking a downward modification of his previously-imposed level three risk level determination; whether County Court erred in refusing to allow defendant to challenge his conviction in the context of the SORA proceeding; County Court, Onondaga County, denied defendant's petition seeking a downward modification of his previously-imposed classification as a level three sex offender pursuant to the SORA; App. Div. reversed, reinstated the petition, and remitted the matter to Onondaga County Court for further proceedings.

KINGSLEY v 300 W. 106TH ST. CORP. (162 AD3d 420):
1st Dept. App. Div. orders of 6/5/18 and 10/2/18; affirmance and denial of motion for reargument or leave to appeal; sua sponte examination whether the order appealed from finally determines the action within the meaning of the Constitution and whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Landlord and Tenant--Use and Occupancy--Claimed succession rights to a rent-stabilized apartment—determination of amount of use and occupancy to be paid to landlord during pendency of the action concerning occupancy and succession rights to the apartment; Supreme Court, New York County, in multiple orders, granted defendant's motion for outstanding use and occupancy from March 2015 through June 2016 and ongoing use and occupancy pendente lite; denied plaintiff's motion to renew and to dismiss defendant's counterclaim; and denied plaintiff's motion to amend his prior motion to renew and to dismiss defendant's counterclaim, and granted defendant's motion for leave to amend its answer, affirmative defenses, counterclaim and third-party complaint; App. Div. affirmed the orders, and denied plaintiff's motion for reargument or for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals.

NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST v SIEMON (165 AD3d 529):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 10/18/18; affirmance; sua sponte examination whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Taxation--Tax Liens, Tax Sales and Tax Titles--Foreclosure on tax lien-- claimed due process and other violations in the foreclosure proceeding; Supreme Court, Bronx County, denied defendant Siemon's motion to dismiss the complaint and for sanctions; and thereafter, confirmed the referee's report, and directed the foreclosure and sale of the subject premises; App. Div. affirmed.