Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by denying his motion to substitute assigned counsel. Although the right to be represented by counsel of one's own choosing is a valued one, an indigent defendant does not have the right to the appointment of successive lawyers absent a showing of good cause for the substitution (see, People v Sides,
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