People v. Alessi

OPINION OF THE COURT

Anne E. Feldman, J.

On October 12, 1992, defendant was first ordered by this court pursuant to County Law § 722-d to pay $2,700 to the Legal Aid Society to help cover the costs of his legal representation. This decision is the formal written opinion explaining that order and the procedure by which it is to be implemented.

Defendant is charged with the gunpoint robbery of a small jewelry shop. On October 30, 1990, when the Judge in the *323Conference Part learned the defendant had posted $10,000 bail, he relieved the assigned Legal Aid Society attorney and ordered defendant to…