People v. Terry

Yesawich, Jr., J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Rensselaer County (Dwyer, Jr., J.), rendered January 27, 1984, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.

At a pretrial conference held the day before defendant’s trial was to commence, his retained attorney informed County Court, for the first time, that an irrevocable breakdown in communication between counsel and defendant had occurred, and that, as a result, defendant desired new, assigned counsel. The ensuing colloquy between the court and defense counsel disclosed that…