PEOPLE v. TRIVINO


266 A.D.2d 323 (1999)

699 N.Y.S.2d 60

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RICHARD TRIVINO, Appellant.

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

Decided November 8, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On appeal the defendant contends that the record fails to support the trial court's determination that his decision to represent himself was a competent, intelligent, and voluntary relinquishment of his right to counsel (see, People v Sawyer, 57 N.Y.2d 12, cert denied 459 U.S. 1178). However, a "careful and realistic" reading of the record supports the conclusion that the defendant...

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