In re Order on Prosecution of Criminal Appeals by the Tenth Circuit Public Defender & by Other Public Defenders

This court has previously denied a motion to withdraw as counsel on the grounds of excessive caseload filed by the Public Defender of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in LaPorte v. State, Second District Court of Appeal Case No. 85-2817. But by order of February 27, 1987, the Public Defender was notified that the motion in LaPorte would nonetheless be treated as a continuing motion to withdraw in all eases in which the Public defender was delinquent in filing briefs. Such a motion is similar to the motion to withdraw from 247 pending criminal appeals filed by the Public Defender which we denied in…