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DEFENDANT WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHEN HE REPRESENTED HIMSELF AT RESENTENCING (FOURTH DEPT). ​

The Fourth Department, reversing the resentencing, determined defendant was deprived of his right to counsel when he represented himself at resentencing:

We agree with defendant’s contention in his main and pro se supplemental briefs, as the People correctly concede, that he was deprived of his right to counsel when Supreme Court permitted defendant to represent himself at the resentencing proceeding without properly ruling on defendant’s multiple requests for assignment of counsel … . Denial of the right to counsel during a particular proceeding does not invariably require remittal for a repetition of the tainted proceeding, or any other remedy, inasmuch as “the remedy to which a defendant is entitled ordinarily depends on what impact, if any, the tainted proceeding had on the case as a whole” … . Here, however, the court’s failure to consider defendant’s motion for assigned counsel had an adverse impact on the resentencing proceeding because the absence of counsel prevented defendant from, inter alia, adequately contesting his adjudication as a second felony offender and arguing against the imposition of the maximum sentence permissible under the law. We therefore reverse the resentence and remit the matter to Supreme Court for resentencing, and we direct the court to ensure that defendant is afforded his right to counsel … . People v Caswell, 2020 NY Slip Op 07810, Fourth Dept 12-23-20

 

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