Carlson v. Jess

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In sum, the trial judge ignored the presumption in favor of [the defendant’s] counsel of choice and insisted upon expeditiousness for its own sake.”
• “In sum, the trial judge ignored the presumption in favor of [the defendant’s] counsel of choice and insisted upon expeditiousness for its own sake.”
• “an indigent defendant generally has no right to have [their] counsel of choice appointed”
• “[M]otions for substitution of retained counsel and for a continuance can implicate both the Sixth Amendment right to counsel of choice and the Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law.”
• “[T]he trial court needed to explore [Carlson’s reasons for wanting a new lawyer] and, because Carlson also requested a continuance, balance them against the reasons for not granting Carlson’s motion. The trial judge, however, made no effort to do so.”
• “[T]he trial court needed to explore [Carlson’s reasons for wanting a new lawyer] and, because Carlson also requested a continu- ance, balance them against the reasons for not granting Carlson’s motion. The trial judge, however, made no effort to do so.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).