People v. Samad

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J, at requests for new counsel; Michael J. Obús, J, at further request for new counsel, jury trial and sentence), rendered September 12, 2005, convicting defendant of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 16 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The calendar and trial courts properly exercised their respective discretion in denying defendant’s requests for assignment of new counsel. In each instance, defendant received a full opportunity to be heard, and his complaints…