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For February 12, 2021 through February 18, 2021, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

DERIVAL (PHYLIP), PEOPLE v (181 AD3d 918):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/25/20; reversal with Justices dissenting; sua sponte examination of whether the Appellate Division order of reversal was "on the law alone or upon the law and such facts which, but for the determination of law, would not have led to reversal"; leave to appeal granted by LaSalle, J., 1/27/21; Crimes--Verdict--Whether the Appellate Division erred in reversing the verdict as against the weight of evidence; County Court, Rockland County, convicted defendant, after a nonjury trial, of criminally negligent homicide; App. Div. reversed, dismissed the indictment, and remitted the matter to County Court for further proceedings.

WALLS (JOHN W.), PEOPLE v (187 AD3d 1527):
4th Dept. App. Div. order of 10/2/20; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Whalen, J., 12/18/20 Rule 500.11 review pending; Crimes--Unlawful Search and Seizure--Whether the police had reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop the vehicle in which defendant was an occupant; Supreme Court, Monroe County, convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; App. Div. affirmed.