PEOPLE v. TORRES

5349, 569/14.

157 A.D.3d 458 (2018)

66 N.Y.S.3d 442

2018 NY Slip Op 00093

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHNNY TORRES, Appellant.

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

Decided January 9, 2018.


The court properly granted defendant's request to represent himself. The combination of the trial court's colloquy with defendant and the colloquies already conducted by the calendar court was sufficient to warn defendant of the risks and disadvantages of proceeding pro se, the range of possible sentences, and the advantages of being represented by an attorney. Moreover, the trial court elicited some information covering defendant...

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