Leslie v. State

OPINION

in which DROWOTA, BIRCH, HOLDER, and BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted review in this post-conviction case to determine whether the trial court erred by allowing the appellant’s appointed attorneys to withdraw and refusing to appoint new counsel. A majority of the Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court did not err either by allowing the appointed attorneys to withdraw or by refusing to appoint new counsel because the appellant had abused the post-conviction process. We conclude, and the State concedes, that the trial court erred by allowing counsel to withdraw without a…