People v. Swaby

The defendant contends that the trial court erred when it refused to allow the defendant to substitute retained counsel in place of his assigned counsel, unless substituted counsel was prepared to proceed to trial immediately. The defendant chose to proceed immediately to trial with substituted counsel. The defendant argues that it was error for the court to deny the defense request for a continuance. We disagree.

Although the defendant had ample opportunity to retain counsel of his choice during the 12-month period of time leading up to the trial, the defendant chose to wait until the morning…