Defendant was not entitled to the assignment of new counsel in connection with his pro se motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. While defense counsel's brief, volunteered statement was adverse to his client's position, it merely pointed out matters already in the record and could not have influenced the court's decision to deny defendant's application (see People v Benitez,
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