Was petitioner denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to retained counsel of choice and client autonomy when the trial court failed to continue the trial during the absence of co-counsel and did not advise him of his right to make final decisions about testifying?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Was petitioner denied his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to retained counsel of choice when the trial court failed to continue the trial during the absence of one of petitioner’s co-counsel? Was petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to “client autonomy” under McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. 414, 138 S. Ct. 1500, 200 L. Ed. 2d 82 (2018), in not being advised that he had the final say in whether or not to testify even if this was against the advice of his attorneys? LIST OF ALL PARTIES Petitioner WILLIS FRANKLIN. Respondent PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. il