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THE JUDGE SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED DEFENDANT TO EXPLAIN HIS CLAIM THAT HE WAS RECEIVING INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND HIS REQUEST FOR NEW COUNSEL, PLEA VACATED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, vacating defendant’s guilty plea, determined defendant should have been given the opportunity to explain his reasons for requesting a new attorney:

… [D]uring the plea colloquy, defendant attempted to inform the court that he was pleading guilty only because he was not receiving effective assistance of counsel. Although vague and conclusory complaints about counsel generally are insufficient to trigger the court’s duty to make an inquiry … , the court here “failed to provide defendant with an opportunity to explain his complaints” … . The court refused to accept defendant’s pro se letter regarding the matter and did not otherwise allow defendant to expand upon his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant’s “request may well have been a frivolous delaying tactic” … . Nevertheless, we conclude that the court had “no basis to completely cut off the discussion without hearing any explanation” … . A “defendant must at least be given an opportunity to state the basis for his [or her] application” … . People v Jones, 2019 NY Slip Op 04543, Fourth Dept 6-7-19

 

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