PEOPLE v. DOYLE (1997)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel FitzGerald, J., at hearing;  Bernard Fried, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered March 7, 1995, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

 In light of the information transmitted by the undercover officer, who made a drug purchase, to the arresting officer, which transmission included a detailed description of the perpetrators of the sale, there was probable cause for the arrest (People v. Petralia, 62 N.Y.2d 47, 51-52, 476 N.Y.S.2d 56, 464 N.E.2d 424, cert denied 469 U.S. 852, 105 S.Ct. 174, 83 L.Ed.2d 109).

 Defendant's disagreement with his attorney over trial strategy was not good cause for substitution of counsel and does not establish ineffective assistance of counsel (see, People v. Sides, 75 N.Y.2d 822, 824, 552 N.Y.S.2d 555, 551 N.E.2d 1233;  People v. Smith, 59 N.Y.2d 156, 165-166, 464 N.Y.S.2d 399, 451 N.E.2d 157;  People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400).

MEMORANDUM DECISION.