Legal Opinion

People v. Little

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 13, 2017No. 309/12 4251PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Miriam R. Best, J. at initial requests for self-representation; Denis J. Boyle, J. at subsequent requests, jury trial and sentencing), rendered January 17, 2014, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

There was no violation of defendant’s right to represent himself. Rather than being unequivocal, each of defendant’s requests for self-representation “was made in the context of a claim of dissatisfaction with counsel” (People v Scivolette, 40 AD3d…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. DanielsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2007
  2. People v. D'AlessandroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  3. People v. GravesNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. People v. GillianNew York Court of Appeals · 2006

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People v. AmbrosioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  2. People v. BerrianAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. LittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  4. People v. BooneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2024
  5. People v. Leibovitz (Etan)Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2018

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