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PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

Docket No. S010853.

51 Cal.3d 975 (1990)

800 P.2d 547

275 Cal. Rptr. 191

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARLOS SHAWN ORTIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Deeana F. Lamb, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Michael Kresser and Gretchen Burford-Dernetz for Defendant and Appellant.

Gerald F. Uelmen and Ephraim Margolin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White and Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Ann K. Jensen, Edward P. O'Brien, Aileen Bunney, David D. Salmon, Blair W. Hoffman and Christopher Grove, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of second degree murder. The sole issue arises from the denial of defendant's motion to discharge counsel: we are asked to resolve a conflict in the Courts of Appeal regarding the duty of a trial court when a defendant who has retained counsel, but becomes indigent, makes a timely motion to discharge his attorney and to obtain court-appointed...

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