People v. Silva

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eduardo Padro, J.), rendered July 8, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees, unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and resisting arrest, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly determined that no good cause existed for a substitution of counsel during jury selection (see People v Sides, 75 NY2d 822, 824 [1990]). Defendant had…