PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


55 A.D.3d 328 (2008)

864 N.Y.S.2d 429

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ROBERT JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

October 7, 2008.


By failing to make a clear and unequivocal request to represent himself (see People v McIntyre, 36 N.Y.2d 10, 17 [1974]), defendant did not express the "definitive commitment to selfrepresentation" that would trigger the need for a full inquiry by the court as to whether it should permit him to proceed pro se (see People v LaValle, 3 N.Y.3d 88, 106 [2004]; compare People v Rodriguez,...

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