People v Reed

People v Reed 2006 NY Slip Op 09117 [35 AD3d 194] December 7, 2006 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Calvin Reed, Appellant.

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Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered April 22, 2005, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal contempt in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 1½ to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in summarily denying defendant's request for new counsel at sentencing. Defendant's patently meritless and belated complaints that he and his counsel did not "get along," and that counsel was "going against him" and "not working with him" did not require an inquiry by the court (see People v Beriguette, 84 NY2d 978 [1994]; People v Sides, 75 NY2d 822 [1990]). Counsel provided effective assistance (see People v Ford, 86 NY2d 397, 404 [1995]) and there was no evidence of irreconcilable conflict. Concur—Tom, J.P., Marlow, Williams, Catterson and Malone, JJ.