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PEOPLE v. MEREJILDO

308 A.D.2d 378 (2003)

764 N.Y.S.2d 358

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE MEREJILDO, Appellant.

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

Decided September 18, 2003.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's request for an adjournment of his trial for the purpose of retaining a new attorney. The application was unsupported by a showing of good cause and the substitution of newly retained counsel would have resulted in an unwarranted and prolonged delay of the trial (see People v Arroyave, 49 N.Y.2d 264 [1980]). Furthermore, defendant's retained counsel provided effective...

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