Opinion
7901 7902 Ind. 3914/08 2918/08
12-13-2018
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert CAMARANO, Defendant–Appellant.
Feldman and Feldman, Uniondale (Steven A. Feldman of counsel), for appellant. Robert Camarano, appellant pro se. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Beth Fisch Cohen of counsel), for respondent.
Feldman and Feldman, Uniondale (Steven A. Feldman of counsel), for appellant.
Robert Camarano, appellant pro se.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Beth Fisch Cohen of counsel), for respondent.
Richter, J.P., Manzanet–Daniels, Tom, Webber, Gesmer, JJ.
Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered June 21, 2010, as amended July 2, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal mischief in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to consecutive terms of 25 years to life and 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly permitted defendant to proceed pro se after a thorough colloquy at which the court ensured that he was aware of the risks and disadvantages of representing himself and of the important role of a lawyer (see People v. Crampe, 17 N.Y.3d 469, 481–482, 932 N.Y.S.2d 765, 957 N.E.2d 255 [2011] ; People v. Providence, 2 N.Y.3d 579, 583, 780 N.Y.S.2d 552, 813 N.E.2d 632 [2004] ).
We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.
Defendant's pro se claims, including his claim that his ability to represent himself was impaired by drugs, are unreviewable on direct appeal because they rest on factual claims outside the record. In any event, we have considered defendant's constitutional claims regarding delays in the perfection of his appeal, and we find them without merit.