Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M302396

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

JANICE A. TAYLOR

CARL J. LANDICINO, JJ.

2024-08846 The People, etc., respondent, v Alamin Ahmed, appellant. (Ind. No. 70245/2022)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County, rendered July 6, 2023. Motion by the appellant pro se for waiver of costs, fees, and expenses and for the assignment of counsel.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the appellant is directed to show cause before this Court why the appeal should not be dismissed on the ground that the notice of appeal from the judgment was untimely (see CPL 460.30), by uploading an affirmation or an affidavit on that issue, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website, on or before February 26, 2025, or, if so advised, to make a motion pursuant to CPL 460.30 to deem the notice of appeal timely filed or to make an application for a writ of error coram nobis seeking leave to file a late notice of appeal from the judgment pursuant to People v Syville (15NY3d 391); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to County Law § 722 the following named attorney is assigned as counsel to respond to the order to show cause or to make a motion pursuant to CPL 460.30:

Patricia Pazner

Appellate Advocates

111 John Street - 9th Floor

New York, New York 10038

and it is further,

ORDERED that the appellant's motion is held in abeyance pending determination of this Court's motion to dismiss the appeal; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, or his designee, is directed to serve a copy of this order to show cause upon the appellant at the appellant's last known place of residence, or, if the appellant is imprisoned, at the institution in which the appellant is confined, upon the attorney named above, and upon the District Attorney, by ordinary mail pursuant to CPL 470.60(2).

LASALLE, P.J., CHAMBERS, TAYLOR and LANDICINO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court