STATE v. GALLAGHER

No. 96-378.

955 P.2d 1371 (1998)

1998 MT 70

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Arvin Peter GALLAGHER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Hooks, Appellate Defender Office, Helena, for Appellant.

Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; John Paulson, Assistant Attorney General; Helena, Brant Light, Cascade County Attorney; Julie Macek and Kirsten LaCroix, Deputy County Attorneys; Great Falls, for Respondent.


REGNIER, Justice.

¶ 1 Arvin Peter Gallagher appeals from the judgment and sentence entered on his conviction for felony assault by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County. We reverse and remand.

¶ 2 The sole dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court denied Gallagher his right to effective assistance of counsel by denying certain pretrial requests for appointment of substitute counsel.

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