People v. Dixon

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Stolarik, J.), rendered July 27, 1984, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was denied his right to retain counsel of his own choosing because the trial court failed to grant a continuance to permit him to substitute retained counsel for his assigned counsel. Whether such a continuance should be granted is largely within the discretion of the Trial Judge, and depends…