PEOPLE v. LEON


3 A.D.3d 403 (2004)

770 N.Y.S.2d 617

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTONIO LEON, Appellant.

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

January 20, 2004.


The court properly denied defendant's pretrial motion for substitution of assigned counsel, since he failed to establish good cause (see People v Sides, 75 N.Y.2d 822 [1990]). We note that on appeal defendant raises no issue as to counsel's effectiveness. "Defendant's unjustified hostility toward, and refusal to communicate with, his counsel did not constitute good cause" (People v Merritt, 260 A.D.2d 319...

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