Appellant claims here that his constitutional right to counsel (N. Y. Const., art. I, § 6; U. S. Const., 6th Amdt.) has been abridged in that he was compelled by the court below to proceed to trial without benefit of counsel. The record clearly reveals that prior to trial appellant was assigned by the court the services of three competent, experienced members of the Bar and on each occasion he discharged these lawyers, the last after the jury had been drawn and as the...
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