People v. Howell

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Aison, J.), rendered August 24, 1992, convicting him, of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Before jury selection, the defendant told the court that he wished to replace his third court-appointed lawyer or to proceed pro se. After extensively warning the defendant of the dangers…