People v. Chicherchia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum:
On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, predatory sexual assault against a child (Penal Law § 130.96), defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to grant his request to proceed *954pro se. We reject that contention. A defendant has the right to self-representation (see NY Const, art I, § 6; CPL 210.15 [5]), and he or she may invoke that right “provided [that]: (1) the request is unequivocal and timely asserted[;] (2) there has been a knowing and intelligent waiver of the right to counsel[;] and (3) the defendant has not engaged in…
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