People v. Shields

Defendant was convicted by a jury of four counts of grand theft; he admitted a prior felony conviction of burglary. Appealing from the judgment, he does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction but contends that certain evidence was the product of an unlawful search of his backyard and garage, and that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the public defender to be relieved of representing him at the trial.

In March 1962, defendant under the name of Bichard O’Shea, bought a 1957 Chevrolet, License Number UAH 929, from Merle Carter, for which he was given the…