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PEOPLE v. PROVIDENCE

2 N.Y.3d 579 (2004)

813 N.E.2d 632

780 N.Y.S.2d 552

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERIC PROVIDENCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society Criminal Appeals Bureau, New York City (John Schoeffel and Laura R. Johnson of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Zachary H. Johnson and Patrick J. Hynes of counsel), for respondent.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

READ, J.

This case turns on whether the trial court undertook a "searching inquiry" to insure that defendant's request to proceed pro se was accompanied by a "knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of the right to counsel" (People v Arroyo, 98 N.Y.2d 101, 103 [2002]; see Faretta v California, 422 U.S. 806, 835 [1975]; People v McIntyre,

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