Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ricardo Rivera, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-04-15
Citations: 226 A.D.2d 561
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ricardo Rivera, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 561–561

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ricardo Rivera, Appellant.
[641 NYS2d 551]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered February 22,1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in refusing the defendant's request for a substitution of counsel (see, People v Nunez, 186 AD2d 764; People v Maldonado, 178 AD2d 554; People v Moore, 153 AD2d 702).
The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Sullivan, J. P., Pizzuto, Joy and Krausman, JJ., concur.