Reno Tamalini v. Belinda Stewart

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

The Washington Court of Appeals appointed new counsel to represent convicted defendant Reno Tamalini while his appeal was pending despite Tamalini’s Sixth Amendment objection to the substitution, and despite his original court-appointed appellate lawyer’s willingness to continue pro bono. In this appeal, we must decide two issues: first, whether we have jurisdiction to entertain a challenge predicated upon the Fourteenth Amendment; and second, whether these circumstances violated Tamalini’s rights under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

We have appellate…