Given the circumstances, the court made an adequate inquiry into defendant's request for new counsel, made after commencement of trial and while defendant was refusing to appear in the courtroom. Counsel relayed this request to the court, and explained the reasons for his client's request. Those grounds fell far short of good cause for a midtrial change of attorneys. "Defendant's unjustified hostility toward his counsel and his disagreements with counsel's tactics did not...
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