People v. Newell

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered April 1, 1992, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2Vz to 5 years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s motion for reassignment of counsel without a hearing. Such a change is warranted only upon a demonstration of "good cause” involving something more than a disagreement over strategy or personal dislike (see, People v Medina, 44 NY2d 199). Certainly there was no…