Legal Opinion
People v. Cheeks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 26, 2013PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1014Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lasak, J.), rendered March 23, 2011, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s application, made on the eve of trial, to substitute counsel. “The right of an indigent criminal defendant to the services of a court-appointed lawyer does not encompass a right to appointment of successive lawyers at defendant’s option” (People v…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. SidesNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. PortoNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
- People v. LeonNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. CheeksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
- People v. HighsmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
- People v. PoliteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018
- People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019