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STEVENS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. B029884.

198 Cal.App.3d 932 (1988)

244 Cal. Rptr. 94

HARRY DAVID STEVENS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

February 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dale Michael Rubin, Steiner & Gerstein and Jonathan B. Steiner for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim, Harold Lynn and Dennis Kucera, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Andrew D. Amerson and Shunji Asari, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

ASHBY, Acting P.J.

The issue in this case of first impression is whether the respondent court abused its discretion by taking the unprecedented step of removing petitioner's retained counsel because counsel's trial schedule would have forced a continuance of petitioner's case for a period of at least six months.

(1) Although petitioner's case has proceeded...

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