People v. Hodge

—Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of four counts of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]) and nine counts each of petit larceny (Penal Law § 155.25) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 165.40). He contends that County Court erred in permitting him to proceed pro se, with standby counsel, because the trial court did not undertake a searching inquiry of defendant at the time of defendant’s request to proceed pro…