People v. Bolar

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Eduardo Padro, J), rendered April 16, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender whose prior conviction was a violent felony, to a term of six years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s application, made for the first time on the day the trial was to begin, for an adjournment for the purpose of retaining new counsel, and there was no violation of defendant’s right to retain…