PEOPLE v. REED (2006)

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), rendered April 22, 2005, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal contempt in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 1 1/212 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in summarily denying defendant's request for new counsel at sentencing.   Defendant's patently meritless and belated complaints that he and his counsel did not “get along,” and that counsel was “going against him” and “not working with him” did not require an inquiry by the court (see People v. Beriguette, 84 N.Y.2d 978, 622 N.Y.S.2d 497, 646 N.E.2d 799 [1994];  People v. Sides, 75 N.Y.2d 822, 552 N.Y.S.2d 555, 551 N.E.2d 1233 [1990] ).   Counsel provided effective assistance (see People v. Ford, 86 N.Y.2d 397, 404, 633 N.Y.S.2d 270, 657 N.E.2d 265 [1995] ) and there was no evidence of irreconcilable conflict.