Herzig v. State

This matter is before the court on the motion of court-appointed Public Defender for permission to withdraw from further representation of the defendant, Carl William Herzig, on appeal from the judgment of conviction of the defendant of armed robbery.

The motion sets forth that, in the opinion of the Public Defender, further prosecution of the appeal would be frivolous, would constitute trifling with the integrity of the court and would be a breach of the professional ethics of said counsel.

The Supreme Court of the United States in Douglas v. California, 1963, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9…