Donald Loston v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
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Whether a state trial court denial of counsel of choice is reversible error when no threat against the interest of judicial integrity and efficiency was present?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED . . 1. Whether a state trial court denial of counsel of choice is reversible error when no ; threat against the interest of judicial integrity and efficiency was present? 2. Whether a state trial court’s denial of counsel of choice and request for : continuance, and presents defendant with the choice of going to trial with court-appointed counsel who defendant has, with legitimate reason, completely lost trust in, create a type of : actual conflict, with high potential to constructively deny defendant the effect assistance of , counsel? PARTIES The petitioner is Donald Loston, a prisoner in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety ' and Corrections, presently housed at Raymond Laborde Correctional Center, located in Cottonport, Louisiana. . "The respondents are Camille A. Morvant, II, District Attorney Lafourche Parish, and Joseph S. Soignet, Assistant District Attorney, Bar Roll #21890, P.O. Box 431, 103 Maronge St, Suite A, Thibodeaux, La. 70301 ii