PEOPLE v. ALLAH


150 A.D.2d 381 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Life Allah, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

May 1, 1989


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In the case at bar the defendant timely and unequivocally asserted his right to defend himself pro se. After an extensive inquiry the court granted his request and appointed counsel to sit through the trial as the defendant's legal advisor. The defendant was given the opportunity on several occasions to reconsider his decision but each time he insisted that he wished to represent himself. On this record, it cannot be fairly...

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