People v. Tennant

— Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Otsego County (Mogavero, Jr., J.), rendered October 18, 1982, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of grand larceny in the third degree. Although the record supports the trial court’s conclusion that defendant’s conduct in dis*672charging retained counsel and failing to use due diligence to obtain replacement counsel constituted a delaying tactic, the court erred in compelling defendant to proceed to trial pro se without undertaking a sufficiently searching inquiry of defendant to determine whether defendant appreciated the dangers and…