PEOPLE v. MITCHELL


26 A.D.3d 159 (2006)

812 N.Y.S.2d 464

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SILAS MITCHELL, Appellant.

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

February 2, 2006.


The court did not deprive defendant of his right to represent himself. Defendant never made an unequivocal request to proceed pro se (see e.g. People v. Kelly, 14 A.D.3d 390 [2005], lv denied 4 N.Y.3d 832 [2005]; People v. Rainey, 240 A.D.2d 682 [1997], lv denied 91 N.Y.2d 836 [1997]). The isolated remark "Let me represent myself," was made...

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