| N.Y. App. Div. | Mar 14, 1997
Motion to withdraw as assigned counsel granted; cross motion to dismiss appeal granted. 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). Present— Green, J. P., Lawton, Callahan, Doerr and Fallon, JJ.