PEOPLE v. HIDALGO

Docket No. Crim. 20507.

22 Cal.3d 826 (1978)

587 P.2d 230

150 Cal. Rptr. 788

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PETER RODRIGUEZ HIDALGO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Halvonik, State Public Defender, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Aurelio Munoz and Allison Stein. Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Juliet H. Swoboda, Paul C. Ament, Roger W. Boren, William R. Pounders and Ronald N. Ito, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Two cases are consolidated in this appeal. (1) In superior court No. A610763, the judgment of conviction of first degree burglary (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460) must be reversed because the trial court denied defendant's timely pretrial motion for substitution of appointed counsel without giving defendant an opportunity to state the specific grounds for his dissatisfaction with counsel.

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