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PEOPLE v. STONE

No. 5

22 N.Y.3d 520 (2014)

6 N.E.3d 572

983 N.Y.S.2d 454

2014 NY Slip Op 901

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ALIAS STONE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 13, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York City ( Leah Friedman of counsel), and Richard M. Greenberg , Office of the Appellate Defender ( Joseph M. Nursey of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Sheila O'Shea and Sylvia Wertheimer of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and RIVERA concur; Judge ABDUS-SALAAM taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

The primary issue presented in this case is whether defendant's constitutional rights were violated by the trial court's failure to sua sponte inquire into his mental capacity to represent himself prior to granting his application to proceed pro se.

Defendant was tried on two counts of burglary after he twice trespassed into secure areas of a Hilton Hotel, on one occasion...

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