Opinion
100
February 4, 2003.
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Nicholas Figueroa, J.), rendered November 8, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted assault in the first and second degrees, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, and coercion in the first degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 7½ to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
Jennifer Chung, for respondent.
Robert L. Moore, for defendant-appellant.
Before: Nardelli, J.P., Andrias, Buckley, Rosenberger, Friedman, JJ.
Since defendant's waiver of his right to counsel was knowing, intelligent and voluntary, the court properly permitted him to exercise his right to self-representation at trial. Defendant unequivocally invoked his right to self-representation and the searching inquiry conducted by the court established that he understood the dangers and disadvantages of proceeding pro se and the value of legal representation (see People v. Arroyo, 98 N.Y.2d 101; People v. Smith, 92 N.Y.2d 516). We have considered defendant's remaining contentions and find them unavailing.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.