PEOPLE v. ALLEN


4 A.D.3d 479 (2004)

771 N.Y.S.2d 685

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRANK ALLEN, Appellant.

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

February 17, 2004.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The Supreme Court properly granted the defendant's request at sentencing to relieve his third court-appointed attorney and determined that the defendant would have to represent himself (see People v Gloster, 175 A.D.2d 258, 260 [1991]). Although an effective waiver of the right to counsel must be the product of a free and meaningful choice, a criminal defendant may be asked to choose...

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