PEOPLE v. SMITH


193 A.D.2d 707 (1993)

598 N.Y.S.2d 49

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Smith, Appellant

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

May 10, 1993


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We disagree with the defendant's contention that he was denied the right to counsel. He contends that because his new attorney was unfamiliar with the case at the time the suppression hearing resumed after a delay of several months, the court ruled without giving counsel a meaningful opportunity to make a closing argument. However, the defendant had his first attorney present throughout the evidentiary stage of the hearing and...

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