Whether the Trial Court's Failure to Appoint Substitute Counsel Deprived Defendant of the Effective Assistance of Counsel

Whether the Trial Court’s Failure to Appoint Substitute Counsel Deprived Defendant of the Effective Assistance of Counsel

Topic: Areas of Constitutional Law (US), Right to Counsel

Status/Court: Pending CA Supreme Court

Case Name: People v. Carter (2022) 86 Cal.App.5th 739, review granted 3/1/2023

Case #: S278262/C094949

Last Updated: March 1, 2023

Did the trial court deprive defendant of effective assistance of counsel by failing to appoint substitute counsel to evaluate and potentially argue defendant’s pro. per. motion to dismiss after appointed counsel refused to consider the motion based on an asserted conflict in arguing her own ineffective assistance of counsel?

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