People v. Good

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County (Smith, J.), rendered January 2, 2008, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree.

In November 2006, defendant was charged in a Broome County indictment with sexual abuse in the first and third degrees and endangering the welfare of a child based upon allegations that he subjected a 15-year-old girl to forcible sexual contact. The attorney assigned to represent him (hereinafter the first assigned counsel) was later granted permission to withdraw on April 30, 2007 because he was hired…