People v. Harris

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.), rendered September 16, 1987, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion by denying his motion to substitute assigned counsel. Although the right to be represented by counsel of one’s own choosing is a valued one, an indigent defendant does not have the right to the appointment of successive lawyers absent a…