Knox v. Nooth

Petitioner appeals a judgment denying his petition for post-conviction relief, raising five assignments of error. We write to address only one of them, viz., that the trial court erred in granting a motion by petitioner’s appointed counsel to withdraw as his counsel and in ordering petitioner to proceed pro se. We agree with petitioner on that assignment and, accordingly, reverse and remand.

Petitioner was convicted of a number of sexual offenses. He filed an appeal from the convictions, and we affirmed them. State v. Knox, 201 Or App 733, 122 P3d 143 (2005), rev den, 340 Or 34, cert den, 549…