People v. D'Juan Collins

*405Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena K. Uviller, J., at hearings and waiver of counsel; Lewis Bart Stone, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered August 15, 2008, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fifth degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender whose prior felony conviction was a violent felony, to an aggregate term of eight years, unanimously affirmed.

Before permitting defendant to waive his right to counsel, the hearing court conducted a thorough inquiry, ensuring that defendant was aware of the…