Rodriguez v. State

*69STRUCKMEYER, Chief Justice.

This special action challenges the trial court’s refusal to permit John Foreman, a member of the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office, to withdraw as criminal defense attorney for Louis Anthony Rodriguez. This Court accepted jurisdiction and, believing that the defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel would be damaged while a written opinion was prepared, we ordered the trial court to allow the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office to withdraw and to appoint new counsel. We further suspended the time limits of Rule 8.2, Rules of Criminal…