Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that the Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in failing to conduct a "minimal inquiry" into his seemingly serious request for the assignment of new counsel, made via a pro se motion, is without merit.
"The right of an indigent criminal defendant to the services of a court-appointed lawyer does not encompass a right to [the] appointment of successive lawyers at [the] defendant...
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