PEOPLE v. WATSON

5216/09, 12605

124 A.D.3d 95 (2014)

998 N.Y.S.2d 27

2014 NY Slip Op 08383

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LAWRENCE WATSON, Appellant.

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

Decided December 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City ( Richard M. Greenberg of counsel), and Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York City ( Renee M. Zaytsev of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Dana Poole of counsel), for respondent.

MOSKOWITZ, DEGRASSE and RICHTER, JJ., concur with KAPNICK, J.; TOM, J.P., dissents in a separate opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

In 2010, defendant was convicted of two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and one count of resisting arrest, and was sentenced to an aggregate term of 20 years to life. On appeal, he raises three issues: (1) whether the trial court violated defendant's right to counsel by disqualifying...

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