People v. Shaw

Full title: PEOPLE, Respondent, v. GARY A. SHAW, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 14, 1997

237 A.D.2d 995 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

654 N.Y.S.2d 886

Opinion

March 14, 1997.

Motion to withdraw as assigned counsel granted; cross motion to dismiss appeal granted.

Present — Green, J.P., Lawton, Callahan, Doerr and Fallon, JJ.

Memorandum:

Dismissal of a criminal appeal is appropriate where, upon release from, custody, a defendant is deported and "his whereabouts are unknown — ( People v Jimenez, 97 AD2d 799).