Case held, decision reserved, motion to relieve counsel of assignment granted and new counsel to be assigned.
Memorandum:
It is a denial of a defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of appellate counsel for his lawyer to submit a brief requesting to be relieved of his assignment (see, People v Crawford,
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