People v. Owens

OPINION OF THE COURT

David D. Egan, J.

This is a death penalty case. On January 2, 2001 this court substituted the Capital Defender Office, specifically, William T. Easton, Esq., First Deputy Capital Defender, and Patricia Warth, Esq., Deputy Capital Defender, as lead counsel for defendant in place of D. Michael Murray, Esq. Approximately 10 weeks ago, on October 27, 2000, the Capital Defender Office was appointed co-lead counsel due to the serious illness of Mr. Murray. Before the Capital Defender Office’s appointment as co-lead counsel, 110 of . the prospective 700 jurors had undergone…