No. 24-5959
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: assigned-counsel attorney-client-relationship continuity-of-representation court-discretion indigent-defendant sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2024-12-13
Question Presented (from Petition)
When counsel has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant, has developed a close working relationship, and faces no obstacles to continuing the representation, can a court arbitrarily assign different counsel without any inquiry or grounds or does the defendant have a Sixth Amendment right to continuity of assigned counsel?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
When counsel has been assigned to represent an indigent defendant, has developed a close working relationship, and faces no obstacles to continuing the representation, can a court arbitrarily assign different counsel without any inquiry or grounds or does the defendant have a Sixth Amendment right to continuity of assigned counsel?
Docket Entries
2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent New York to respond filed.
2024-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2024)
Attorneys
New York
John M. Castellano — Respondent
Robert Ellis
William Geoffrey Kastin — Appellate Advocates, Petitioner