PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ


287 A.D.2d 392 (2001)

731 N.Y.S.2d 622

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LARRY RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided October 25, 2001.


The court properly permitted defendant to represent himself at trial, after making an appropriately searching inquiry that ensured that defendant appreciated the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation and ascertained that the waiver of counsel was knowing, voluntary and intelligent (see, People v Smith, 92 N.Y.2d 516, 520). Nothing in the court's colloquy with defendant had the effect of minimizing the risks of self-representation...

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