People v. Jones

*243Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J.), rendered January 5, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree and attempted rape in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 22 years, unanimously affirmed.

There is no merit to defendant’s claim that the court made remarks that impinged upon, or improperly dissuaded him from exercising, his constitutional right of self-representation. Although defendant complained about his attorney at various points in…