People v. Herman

Appeal from a judgment of the Oneida County Court (Barry M. Donalty, J.), rendered August 6, 2007. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree.

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

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1]), defendant contends that County Court erred in granting his application to proceed pro se. We reject that contention. It is well settled that a defendant in a- criminal case has the right to represent…