Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in denying, without further inquiry, his request for new assigned counsel, made prior to the start of jury selection, is without merit. "`The right of an indigent criminal defendant to the services of a court-appointed lawyer does not encompass a right to appointment of successive lawyers at defendant's option'" (People v King,
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