As the People commendably concede, when the court denied defendant's request for new counsel and advised him that if he continued to reject the assistance of his assigned attorney he would be deemed to have waived his right to counsel, it was required to make the requisite "searching inquiry" to determine that defendant understood the dangers and disadvantages of proceeding pro se (see, People v Smith,
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