People v. Westergreen

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered January 18, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent felony offender, to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was properly permitted to represent himself at his suppression hearing. The record, as expanded, establishes that defendant had been warned of the risks and disadvantages of proceeding pro se and that his waiver of his right to counsel was voluntary and intelligent (see People v Hayes, 293 AD2d 393; People v…