PEOPLE v. STEVENSON


36 A.D.3d 634 (2007)

831 N.Y.S.2d 74

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GEORGE STEVENSON, Appellant.

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

Decided January 9, 2007.


Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.

A criminal defendant's right to counsel includes the right to be represented by counsel of his own choosing (see People v Arroyave, 49 N.Y.2d 264, 270 [1980]). However, "[t]he right of an indigent criminal defendant to the services of a court-appointed lawyer does not encompass a right to appointment of successive lawyers at defendant's option" (People v Sides,

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