Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 8, 2011 (People v. Chicherchia)

Memorandum:

On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, predatory sexual assault against a child (Penal Law § 130.96), defendant contends that County Court erred in failing to grant his request to proceed *954pro se. We reject that contention. A defendant has the right to self-representation (see NY Const, art I, § 6; CPL 210.