| People v Ajin-Michicoj |
| 2020 NY Slip Op 02648 [183 AD3d 633] |
| May 6, 2020 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Francis Ajin-Michicoj, Appellant. |
Alan McGeorge, Nanuet, NY, for appellant.
Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (Carrie A. Ciganek ofcounsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Rockland County(David S. Zuckerman, J.), rendered January 17, 2017, convicting him of attempted gangassault in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was denied the right to counsel of his choice isunpreserved for appellate review, since he never sought to withdraw his guilty plea priorto sentencing or otherwise raise the issue in the County Court (see People v Shabazz, 174AD3d 824 [2019]; People vSalgado, 111 AD3d 859, 860 [2013]).
In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit, as the record does notprovide any basis for concluding that the defendant's request for new counsel, madeduring the plea proceeding, was based on specific factual allegations of seriouscomplaints about his counsel (see People v Torres, 177 AD3d 785, 786 [2019]; People v Ward, 121 AD3d1026, 1027 [2014]). Dillon, J.P., Duffy, Barros and Connolly, JJ., concur.