Shatney v. State

OPINION

This case is before us on certiorari to review the Superior Court’s denial of the applicant Louis E. Shatney’s (Shatney) motion for the appointment of new counsel to pursue an application for post-conviction relief. His previously appointed counsel had determined that his application lacked merit, and, thus, she had declined to pursue it. On September 13, 1999, this Court entered an order granting the petition for a writ of certiorari, assigned the case to the show-cause calendar, and directed the parties to address the following issues: (1) whether Shatney’s Superior Court application…