People v. Gonyea

Opinion by

Judge TAUBMAN.

Defendant, Jeffrey David Gonyea, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of second degree burglary of a building and possession of burglary tools. He also appeals his sentence. We affirm.

I. Request for New Counsel

Gonyea first contends that the trial court erred in not dismissing his public defender and appointing new counsel. We do not agree.

We review a trial court's decision to deny an indigent defendant's request for substitution of counsel under an abuse of discretion standard. People v. Garcia, 64 P.3d 857, 863…