Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, her request for an adjournment to retain private counsel, made on the eve of trial, was properly denied. "[A]bsent exigent or compelling circumstances, a court may, in the exercise of its discretion, deny a defendant's request to substitute counsel made on the eve of or during trial if the defendant has been accorded a reasonable opportunity to retain counsel of his [or her] own choosing...
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