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State v. Pfannenstiel

Citations

  • 302 Kan. 747
  • 357 P.3d 877
  • 2015 Kan. LEXIS 808

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding the court errs if, after conducting appropriate inquiry, its refusal to appoint substitute counsel was unreasonable
  • finding the court errs if, after conducting appropriate inquiry, its refusal to appoint substitute counsel was unreasonable
  • finding no impermissible advocacy in attorney's evaluative statement regarding her strategy, stating she felt Pfannenstiel's witnesses would not be helpful and might undermine his testimony
  • noting federal courts addressing potential conflict of interest have routinely included timeliness or potential delay as one of the factors considered when determining whether a trial court abused its discretion in denying a motion for new counsel
  • \A defendant who files a motion for new counsel must show justifiable dissatisfaction with his or her appointed counsel.\

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Judges: Biles, Luckert, Rosen

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