PEOPLE v. NIEVES-CRUZ

748 KA 17-01356.

200 A.D.3d 1588 (2021)

158 N.Y.S.3d 501

2021 NY Slip Op 07357

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rafael Nieves-Cruz, Appellant.

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

Decided December 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEANNE LAPP , PUBLIC DEFENDER, CANANDAIGUA, D.J. & J.A. CIRANDO, PLLC, SYRACUSE ( JOHN A. CIRANDO OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

JAMES B. RITTS , DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CANANDAIGUA ( V. CHRISTOPHER EAGGLESTON OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT.

Present —Smith, J.P., Peradotto, Curran, Bannister and DeJoseph, JJ.


It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of criminal mischief in the third degree (Penal Law § 145.05[2]) and obstructing governmental administration in the second degree (§ 195.05). We affirm.

We reject defendant's contention that County Court erred in refusing to substitute counsel in place of his assigned attorney. Where a defendant...

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