Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
A criminal defendant may invoke the right to defend pro se if "`(1) the request is unequivocal and timely asserted, (2) there has been a knowing and intelligent waiver of the right to counsel, and (3) the defendant has not engaged in conduct which would prevent the fair and orderly exposition of the issues'" (People v Smith,
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