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- Title: People v. Hodge
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 13, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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— Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of four counts of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law ร§ 140.25 [2]) and nine counts each of petit larceny (Penal Law ร§ 155.25) and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree (Penal Law ร§ 165.40). He contends that County Court erred in permitting him to proceed pro se, with standby counsel, because the trial court did not undertake a searching inquiry of defendant at the time of defendants request to proceed pro se (see, People v Sawyer, 57 NY2d 12, 21, rearg dismissed 57 NY2d 776, cert denied 459 US 1178). In view of defendants age, extensive criminal history, pro se motion practice even when represented by counsel, competent cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, proper objections to admission of evidence and appropriate use of standby counsel, we conclude that defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel (see, People v Vivenzio, 62 NY2d 775, 776; People v Reifsteck, 134 AD2d 876, 876-877, lv denied 70 NY2d 1010).