Writ denied.
HUGHES, J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.
Respectfully, I believe that setting a trial in three weeks' time that conflicts with a prior setting in a different parish set three months in advance may infringe on the constitutional right to counsel. A trial judge may wish to accommodate the prosecutor's choice for a trial date and move the docket, but respect should be given to the other trial courts...
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