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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN NEWELL, Appellant.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for reassignment of counsel without a hearing. Such a change is warranted only upon a demonstration of "good cause" involving something more than a disagreement over strategy or personal dislike (see, People v. Medina, 44 N.Y.2d 199). Certainly there was no merit to defendant's claim that his attorney was not rendering effective assistance. It is highly doubtful that any attorney could have obtained a bail lower than $1500 given defendant's criminal history of burglary and other offenses. In addition, the evidence against defendant was very strong, and there was virtually no chance that a better result could have been obtained than the plea bargain that was negotiated by defendant's attorney.

Concur — Carro, J.P., Rosenberger, Ellerin and Kupferman, JJ.

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PEOPLE v. NEWELL
(Jan 13, 1994)