Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that his right to counsel was violated when the trial court denied his request for a change in assigned counsel. "[T]here is no right of choice between court-appointed counsel. While courts have a duty to carefully evaluate complaints concerning court-appointed counsel, an indigent's request that a court assign new counsel should not be granted casually" (People v Sider,
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