Buntion v. Harmon

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• noting indigent defendant does not have right to counsel of his own choosing
• there must be “some principled reason, apparent from the record,” to justify a trial judge’s replacement of appointed counsel against the defendant’s wishes
• indigent defendant does not have right to counsel of his own choosing
• indigent defendant does not have right to counsel of his own choosing
• “we cannot agree that a trial judge’s discretion to replace appointed trial counsel over the objection of both counsel and the defendant extends to situations where the only justification for such replacement is the trial judge’s personal ‘feelings’ or ‘preferences.’”
• \we cannot agree that a trial judge's discretion to replace appointed trial counsel over the objection of both counsel and the defendant extends to situations where the only justification for such replacement is the trial judge's personal 'feelings' or 'preferences.'\

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