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SHEPHARD v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B018137.

180 Cal.App.3d 23 (1986)

225 Cal. Rptr. 328

LEYDON NELSON SHEPHARD, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

April 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Laurence M. Sarnoff, Mark Kaiserman and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent and Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

WOODS, P.J.

This petition for writ of mandate presents the question whether defense counsel who declares a doubt as to defendant's mental competence to stand trial and who intends, in the perceived best interests of his client, to argue such incompetence at the Penal Code section 13681 hearing, may be relieved by the trial court because defendant desires his counsel to argue for competence and...

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