Dayton v. Campbell

Cardona, EJ.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (initiated in this Court pursuant to CPLR 506 [b] [1]) to review a determination of respondent which denied petitioner’s motion to be relieved as counsel in an underlying criminal action.

This CPLR article 78 proceeding was initiated in this Court by petitioner, the Cortland County Public Defender, seeking review of an order issued by respondent, a County Judge, denying petitioner’s motion to be relieved as counsel for a defendant who was charged with one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the fourth degree. The basis of the…