PEOPLE OF MI V SEKOU CONDE

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STATE
OF
MICHIGAN
IN
THE COURT
OF
APPEALS
PEOPLE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
MICHIGAN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
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vs
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SEKOU
CONDE,
Defendant-Appellant.
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ELI P. SAVIT
(P76528)
WASHTENAW
COUNTY
PROSECUTOR
MICHAEL
J.
McCARTHY,
P.C.
I
Michael
J.
McCarthy
(P30169)
Attorney
for
Defendant-Appellant
26001
Five Mile
Road
Redford,
MI
48239
(313)
535-1300
I
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Docket
No.
375787
L.C.
No.
24-000047-FC
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT'S
NOTICE
OF
WITHDRAWAL
OF MOTION
TO
FILE
TARDY STANDARD
4 BRIEF
NOW
COMES
the Defendant-Appellant,
Sekou Conde,
by and
through
his appellate
counsel,
Michael
J.
McCarthy (P30169), and
for the Defendant-Appellant's Notice
Of
Withdrawal
Of
Motion
To
File
Tardy Standard
4
Brief
states
unto
this
Honorable Court as
follows:
1. That
on March 23, 2026
appellate
counsel prepared
and
filed the Defendant-Appellant's
Motion
To
File
Tardy Standard
4
Brief.
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2. That
appellate
counsel
did
so because
he
received
a
handwritten
brief
from
the appellant,
dated
March
10,
2026
and
postmarked
March
12, 2026.
3.
That
appellate
counsel immediately
prepared the
Defendant-Appellant's
Motion
To
le
Tardy
Standard
4
Brief
and
in
doing so,
inadvertently forgot
that
on
February
2,
2026
he had
timely
filed
the
appellant's
Standard-4
brief.
4.
That
appellate
counsel understands
the provision
of
Administrative
Order 2004-6
Standard
4,
which
provides
that
the
appellant
is
limited to
filing
one
brief
under
the
authority
of
Standard
4.
5.
That
on March
23, 2026,
through
appellate counsel's
inadvertence,
a
second
brief, entitled
Appellant's
Standard
4
Brief,
was
filed at
the
same
time
the Defendant-Appellant's
Motion
To
le
Tardy
Standard
4
Brief
was
filed
with
the Office of the
Clerk of
this
Honorable
Court.
6.
That
appellate
counsel
now
withdraws
the following
pleadings
he
led
on
behalf of the appellant
on March
23, 2026;
A.
Defendant-Appellant's Standard
4
Brief;
B.
Defendant-Appellant's
Motion
To
File
Tardy Standard
4
Brief.
7. That the appellant will
proceed with the Appellant's
Standard
4
Brief filed
on
February 2, 2026.
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WHEREFORE
Michael
J.
McCarthy
(P30169)
respectfully
requests
that
the Defendant-Appellant's
Standard
4
Brief,
filed
on March
23,
2026,
be
withdrawn.
March
27,
2026
MICHAEL
J.
McCARTHY,
P.C.
/s
/Michael
J.
McCarthy
Michael
J.
McCarthy
(P30169)
Attorney
for
Defendant-Appellant
26001
Five
Mile
Road
Redford,
MI
48239
(313)
535-1300
mjfmccltd@yahoo.com
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