People v. Barnes

Opinion

SPARKS, J.

In this case we consider the standard to be applied to a defendant’s motion to relieve his privately retained counsel and appoint the public defender in his stead. We hold that such a motion is governed by the same standard as a motion for substitution of one appointed counsel for another.

Defendant Dennis Dwayne Barnes appeals from a judgment sentencing him to state prison after the trial court found him guilty of five counts of attempted murder in violation of Penal Code sections 664 and 187, and found that in the commission of each crime he used a firearm within the meaning…