Supreme Court of California

Judgment of the court of appeal reversing trial court's conviction of defendant for murder on the ground that the trial court's replacement of appointed counsel violated defendant's right to counsel under the California Constitution and that under state statutory law the replacement was an abuse of trial court's discretion is reversed as the trial court did not violate defendant's right to counsel under either the federal or state Constitution. Furthermore, conceding that the replacement violated state statutory law and was an abuse of discretion, the error requires reversal only upon a showing of prejudice, which defendant did not establish.

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• Decided 04/05/2010
• Published 04/05/2010

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• Supreme Court of California

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