Opinion ID: 2570218
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Heading: Timeliness of the motion and extent of inconvenience or delay

Text: As noted, the defendant in Young made multiple motions to substitute counsel over the course of the three months leading up to the date his trial was scheduled to begin. This court noted that had the district court acted on Young's motion in a timely manner, the resulting inconvenience and delay would have been minimal. [20] Moreover, the court noted that Young's motion was not made in bad faith or to curtail the administration of justice. [21] Here, Garcia filed his motion in open court at the August 21, 2003, calendar call, just days before his trial was set to begin. As noted above, Sciscento was appointed to represent Garcia in January 2003, and in the ensuing months he spoke with the defendant regarding discovery and plea negotiations. However, at no time did Garcia attempt to notify the court that there was a conflict with his counsel. Garcia had months to express his concerns to his counsel and the court, but he did not do so. He waited until the eve of trial and filed his motion in open court  a fact suggestive of a dilatory motive. The record indicates that Garcia's motion, although timely in the sense that it was filed before the actual start of the trial, would have resulted in unnecessary inconvenience and delay, if granted.