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PEOPLE v. PORTO

Nos. 219, 220.

16 N.Y.3d 93 (2010)

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM PORTO, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RODRIGUECE GARCIA, Also Known as CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City ( Carl S. Kaplan and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Sara M. Zausmer and Karen Schlossberg of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Matthew L. Mazur , Richard M. Greenberg and Eunice C. Lee of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Robert T. Johnson , District Attorney, Bronx ( Cynthia A. Carlson , Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Nancy Killian of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur with Judge JONES; Judge PIGOTT dissents in a separate opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, J.

The common issue presented in these appeals is whether defendants' motions to substitute counsel were properly denied in light of the "minimal inquiry" standard of People v Sides (75 N.Y.2d 822 [1990]). Finding no reversible error, we affirm both convictions.

People v Porto

On July 24, 2006, complainant Sai Hung Chui returned to his apartment to find that he...

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