State v. Moran

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

We are faced here with a conflict between an accused person’s right to be represented by the attorney of his choice at a criminal trial charging him with felonious misconduct and a trial justice’s need for ample discretion in managing the trial process to a just conclusion without tolerating unnecessary delays. In this case, the defendant’s selected trial lawyer was unavailable to begin the trial at the appointed hour because he was then in the middle of trying another case in a different jurisdiction. Accordingly, we must decide whether, in these circumstances, a…