PEOPLE v. BROOKS (2007)

 Defendant appeals from a resentence upon a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of assault in the second degree (Penal Law § 120.05[2] ).   Contrary to the contention of defendant, County Court did not err in failing sua sponte to assign counsel to represent him in his motion pursuant to CPL 440.20(1) to set aside the period of postrelease supervision on the ground that it was illegal (cf. People v. Jie Mei Chen, 26 A.D.3d 344, 345, 810 N.Y.S.2d 205).   The court granted defendant's motion, vacated the period of postrelease supervision, and thereafter assigned counsel to represent defendant at the resentencing.   Also contrary to the contention of defendant, the court properly denied his motion for substitution of counsel inasmuch as he failed to show “ ‘good cause for a substitution,’ such as a conflict of interest or other irreconcilable conflict with counsel” (People v. Sides, 75 N.Y.2d 822, 824, 552 N.Y.S.2d 555, 551 N.E.2d 1233;  see People v. Welch, 2 A.D.3d 1354, 1355, 770 N.Y.S.2d 230, lv. denied 2 N.Y.3d 747, 778 N.Y.S.2d 473, 810 N.E.2d 926).   We reject the further contention of defendant that the court erred in denying his request for a continuance to enable him to produce documents that allegedly were relevant to his resentence.   The sole issue before the court at the resentencing was the length of the period of postrelease supervision, to be determined in accordance with the statutory requirements, and the court properly concluded that additional documentation was unnecessary, particularly in view of defendant's continuous incarceration between the time of the initial sentencing and the resentencing (see generally People v. James, 4 A.D.3d 774, 775, 772 N.Y.S.2d 151).   Finally, we reject the contention of defendant that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel (see generally People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147, 444 N.Y.S.2d 893, 429 N.E.2d 400).

It is hereby ORDERED that the resentence so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.

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