Legal Opinion

People v. Gelley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 20, 1989Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Coffinas, J.), rendered June 20, 1988, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed.

It appears that the defendant is not currently incarcerated or under parole supervision. All efforts by assigned appellate counsel to locate the defendant have been unsuccessful, and the defendant has not contacted his attorney in over a year. The defendant has thus demonstrated a lack of interest in the appeal. Accordingly,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. JinksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

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