| People v Johnson |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 02612 [116 AD3d 883] |
| April 16, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Tawanna Johnson, Appellant. |
—[*1] Kenneth P. Thompson, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, CamilleO'Hara Gillespie, and Thomas John Wright of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (J.Goldberg, J.), rendered August 16, 2011, convicting her of attempted murder in thesecond degree and assault in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the trial court discharged potential jurors based uponhardship without conducting a sufficient inquiry is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v King, 110 AD3d1005, 1006 [2013]; Peoplev Umana, 76 AD3d 1111, 1112 [2010]; People v Casanova, 62 AD3d 88, 92 [2009]; People v Toussaint, 40 AD3d1017, 1017-1018 [2007]) and, in any event, is without merit (see People vUmana, 76 AD3d at 1112; People v Toussaint, 40 AD3d at 1017-1018).
In addition, there is no merit to the defendant's contention that the trial court erred indenying her requests to relieve her appointed counsel and to substitute new counsel.Even if the defendant's requests were "sufficiently specific to require a minimal inquiryby the court" (People vPercer, 90 AD3d 789, 790 [2011] [internal quotation marks omitted]), the courtengaged in a minimal inquiry upon the defendant's requests for new counsel, in thecourse of which the defendant failed to demonstrate the existence of good cause forgranting her requests (seePeople v Porto, 16 NY3d 93, 99 [2010]; People v Linares, 2 NY3d 507, 510 [2004]).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see People v Suitte, 90 AD2d 80[1982]). Mastro, J.P., Lott, Sgroi and Lasalle, JJ., concur.