Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We reject the defendant's contention that his right to counsel was abridged when the court failed to appoint substitute assigned counsel. While an indigent defendant has a right to a court-appointed lawyer, he does not have the right to his choice of assigned counsel (see, People v Sawyer,
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