PEOPLE v. LINARES


2 N.Y.3d 507 (2004)

813 N.E.2d 609

780 N.Y.S.2d 529

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PATRICIO LINARES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey I. Richman, Kew Gardens, and Laura R. Johnson for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Christopher P. Marinelli and Hilary Hassler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENBLATT, J.

This appeal calls upon us to consider when a defendant is entitled to the substitution of assigned counsel.

I.

Following an undercover police investigation, defendant was charged with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree. As trial approached, defendant wrote to Supreme Court (Snyder, J.), expressing his dissatisfaction...

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