PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

No. S188453.

53 Cal.4th 80 (2011)

53 Cal. 4th 80

133 Cal. Rptr. 3d 564

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LUIS OSCAR SANCHEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Nichols , under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Eleanor M. Kraft , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez , Brian G. Smiley , David Andrew Eldridge and Jamie A. Scheidegger , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CHIN, J.

In this case we consider under what circumstances a trial court is obligated to conduct a hearing on whether to discharge counsel and appoint new counsel when a criminal defendant indicates a desire to withdraw a guilty or no contest plea on the ground that current counsel has provided ineffective assistance. (See People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118...

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