STATE v. MARTINEZ

No. 30422.

973 A.2d 120 (2009)

115 Conn.App. 426

STATE of Connecticut v. Enrique MARTINEZ.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Steele, special public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Susann E. Gill, senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Jonathan C. Benedict, state's attorney, and Joseph T. Corradino, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

DiPENTIMA, ROBINSON and WEST, Js.


WEST, J.

"It is hardly necessary to say that, the right to counsel being conceded, a defendant should be afforded a fair opportunity to secure counsel of his own choice." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Peeler, 265 Conn. 460, 470, 828 A.2d 1216 (2003), cert. denied, 541 U.S. 1029, 124 S.Ct. 2094, 158 L.Ed.2d 710 (2004), quoting Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45, 53, 53 S.Ct...

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