People v. Myhand
Opinion of the Court
—Appeals by the defendant from three amended judgments of the County Court, Suffolk County (Weissman, J.), all rendered December 18, 1997,
Ordered that the amended judgments are affirmed.
The defendant’s contention that his right to counsel was not protected is without merit. Under the circumstances of this case, the court properly determined that the defendant’s request for new defense counsel was clearly a dilatory tactic, “used merely to delay the orderly administration of justice” (People v Sides, 75 NY2d 822, 824). Thus, the defendant’s application was properly denied without a hearing (cf., People v Sides, supra). O’Brien, J. P., Ritter, Joy and Altman, JJ., concur.
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