Legal Opinion
People v. Sayavong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree involving two 10-year-old victims (see, Penal Law § 130.65 [3]). We reject the contention of defendant that County Court denied him his right to counsel *1024after entry of his guilty plea. “It is well settled that a defendant’s right to be represented by counsel of his own choosing ‘is qualified in the sense that a defendant may not employ such right as a means to delay judicial proceedings’ ” (People v Michalek, 195 AD2d 1007,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. ArroyaveNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. WolfNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. MichalekAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- People v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
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