People v. Scivolette
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Hayes, J.), rendered May 24, 2005, convicting him of forgery in the second degree (three counts), upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The County Court properly denied the defendant’s request to proceed pro se. The request was made in the context of a claim of dissatisfaction with counsel and was not unequivocal (see People v Mitchell, 26 AD3d 159, 160 [2006]; People v Hirschfeld, *888282 AD2d 337, 338-339 [2001], lv denied 96 NY2d 919 [2001], cert denied 534 US 1082…
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