People v. Houk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unani*1075mously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends that he was denied the right to be present at a material stage of the proceeding when he was excluded from a pretrial bench conference on his request for substitution of counsel. Because the record shows that the bench conference involved only questions of law or internal procedures of the Public Defender’s Office, defendant’s presence was not required (see, People v Rodriguez, 85 NY2d 586, 590, 591; see also, People v Williams, 85 NY2d 945; People v Velasco, 77 NY2d 469, 472). Moreover, the contention of defendant is academic…
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