People v. McNamara

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Essex County *909(Ryan, J.), rendered May 23, 2000, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree.

Defendant was charged with grand larceny in the third degree in connection with his failure to return $15,034.69 to Deborah Dunn after she had entrusted the money to him for safekeeping. Upon defendant’s request, County Court permitted him to proceed pro se with the assistance of assigned counsel. Defendant thereafter chose to handle some aspects of the trial himself and to have counsel represent him at other…