(Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 377, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996), citing State v. Williams, 203 Conn. 159, 170, 523 A.2d 1284 (1987). Accordingly, we conclude that, based on the record in the present case, it is appropriate to presume that defense counsel explained the nature of the offense in sufficient detail to give the defendant notice of what he was being asked to admit.
See State v. Bethea, 24 Conn. App. 13, 22-23, 585 A.2d 1235, cert. denied, 218 Conn. 901, 588 A.2d 1076 (1991); cf. State v. Watson, 198 Conn. 598, 610, 504 A.2d 497 (1986) ("It is the province of the trial court to determine whether there is a factual basis for disqualification of counsel. In such a determination, the trial court is entitled to consider whether the defendant's effort to displace existing counsel has substantive merit and is being pursued in good faith."); State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 379, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996) ("The trial court is bestowed with broad discretion in determining whether the circumstances warrant the appointment of new counsel. . . . [A]bsent a factual record revealing an abuse of that discretion, the court's failure to allow new counsel is not reversible error.
" The defendant failed to set forth any additional facts supporting this statement and failed to advance any specific reason why his plea was involuntary and made without his full understanding. See State v. Cooper, 55 Conn. App. 95, 105, 738 A.2d 1125 (1999) (motion to withdraw contained no facts to support defendant's claim); State v. Peterson, 51 Conn. App. 645, 652, 725 A.2d 333 (1999) (defendant's "bare assertion" that he was using drugs at time of plea did not warrant evidentiary hearing); State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 375, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996) ("mere assertion by the defendant that the plea was involuntary . . . does not entitle [him] to withdraw the plea, nor does it require . . . an evidentiary hearing on the motion to withdraw"). Additionally, the defendant's assertion that his plea was not voluntarily and intelligently made contradicts the detailed plea canvass conducted by the trial court, in which the defendant expressly stated that he understood the implications of his plea, had received advice and assistance of counsel in preparing to plea, and had entered the guilty plea voluntarily.
" (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Casado, 42 Conn.App. 371, 377, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996), citing State v. Williams, 203 Conn. 159, 170, 523 A.2d 1284 (1987). Accordingly, we conclude that, based on the record in the present case, it is appropriate to presume that defense counsel explained the nature of the offense in sufficient detail to give the defendant notice of what he was being asked to admit.
In the absence of a clear and unequivocal assertion of the right to self-representation, a trial court has no duty to inquire into a defendant's interest in self-representation. State v. Jones, supra, 281 Conn. 648; State v. Carter, supra, 200 Conn. 613; State v. Quint, supra, 99 Conn. App. 407; State v. Williams, supra, 64 Conn. App. 531; State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 381, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996). Thus, the court did not improperly fail to canvass the defendant in accordance with Practice Book § 44-3.
" (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 377, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996). Counsel, moreover, admitted that he had discussed with the defendant all of the elements of the crimes charged, including the intent element, as well as the effect of the guilty pleas, and counsel stated that he knew of no reason why the defendant's pleas of guilty should not be accepted.
The court possesses broad discretion in determining whether the circumstances warrant the appointment of new counsel. State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 379, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996). "[A]bsent a factual record revealing an abuse of that discretion, the court's failure to allow new counsel is not reversible error."
"In the absence of such a request, we have, in the past, declined to review a defendant's claim under similar circumstances." State v. Rogers, 38 Conn. App. 777, 787, 664 A.2d 291, cert. denied, 235 Conn. 918, 665 A.2d 610 (1995); see State v. Teel, 42 Conn. App. 500, 504, 681 A.2d 974, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 921, 682 A.2d 1012 (1996); State v. Casado, 42 Conn. App. 371, 374-75, 680 A.2d 981, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996); State v. Hermann, 38 Conn. App. 56, 65, 658 A.2d 148, cert. denied, 235 Conn. 903, 665 A.2d 904 (1995); State v. Jones, 34 Conn. App. 807, 815-16, 644 A.2d 355, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 909, 648 A.2d 158 (1994). We decline, therefore, to grant review of the defendant's claims under Golding.
"It is well established that ‘[a] trial court "may properly rely on ... the responses of the [defendant] at the time [she] responded to the trial court’s plea canvass ..." Bowers v. Warden, [19 Conn.App. 440, 443, 562 A.2d 588, cert. denied, 212 Conn . 817, 565 A.2d 534 (1989) ]; see also State v. Williams, 203 Conn. 159, 170, 523 A.2d 1284 (1987).’ State v. Casado, 42 Conn.App. 371, 377, 680 A.2d 981 (trial court properly relied on defendant’s representations that he was not forced into entering plea), cert. denied, 239 Conn . 920, 682 A.2d 1006 (1996)." State v. Silva, 65 Conn.App. 234, 252, 783 A.2d 7, cert. denied, 258 Conn . 929, 783 A.2d 1031 (2001).