People v. Thompson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Luis Ñeco, J., at hearings; Frederic Berman, J., at plea and sentence), rendered June 22, 1987, which convicted defendant, on his plea of guilty, of robbery in the second degree and sentenced him to a prison term of from 4 to 8 years, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant herein contends that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel in that the Trial Judge denied repeated applications of counsel to be relieved, as well as repeated requests of defendant to have other counsel assigned to represent him. We find defendant’s claim meritless.

The…