California Supreme Court· 2/26/1970

People v. Marsden

Citations

465 P.2d 44
2 Cal. 3d 118
84 Cal. Rptr. 156
1970 Cal. LEXIS 260

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holding that defendant has the right to have counsel discharged upon appropriate showing
reversing conviction for failure to inquire into substitution of counsel request because trial court’s error deprived defendant of right to have ineffective assistance claim adjudicated
establishing the criteria for when a criminal defendant 28 may seek the appointment of a new lawyer from the trial court
reversing the trial court’s denial of defendant’s 25 motion to substitute appointed counsel when defendant was not given the chance to offer specific 26 examples of counsel’s inadequate representation
establishing procedures for hearing on 25 defendant’s motion for substitute counsel
defendant has constitutional right to state specific examples of allegedly inadequate representation in support of a motion to substitute new counsel

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Judges: Mosk, McComb

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