People v. Boucac

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Boucac

268 A.D.2d 297, 703 N.Y.S.2d 433, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 451

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 18, 2000

StatusPublished

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People v. Boucac, 268 A.D.2d 297, 703 N.Y.S.2d 433, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 451 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered December 4, 1996, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

[298]*298After affording defendant ample opportunity to be heard, the court properly denied defendant’s application, made at the outset of jury selection, for assignment of new counsel, since defendant’s complaints about his attorney clearly lacked substance. The court satisfactorily addressed defendant’s concerns about his inability to pay his retained attorney. Defendant offered no support for his contention that his relationship with counsel had so deteriorated as to require the appointment of a new attorney, and no further inquiry was necessary (see, People v Medina, 44 NY2d 199; People v Torres, 244 AD2d 156, 158, lv denied 91 NY2d 931). Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered December 4, 1996, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

[298]*298After affording defendant ample opportunity to be heard, the court properly denied defendant’s application, made at the outset of jury selection, for assignment of new counsel, since defendant’s complaints about his attorney clearly lacked substance. The court satisfactorily addressed defendant’s concerns about his inability to pay his retained attorney. Defendant offered no support for his contention that his relationship with counsel had so deteriorated as to require the appointment of a new attorney, and no further inquiry was necessary (see, People v Medina, 44 NY2d 199; People v Torres, 244 AD2d 156, 158, lv denied 91 NY2d 931). Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.

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268 A.D.2d 297, 703 N.Y.S.2d 433, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 451, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/people-v-boucac-nyappdiv-2000.

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