Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 1971No. 697PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Convicted of three armed robberies, § 40A-16-2, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl.Vol. 6), defendant appeals. Defendant claims error on the basis that the trial court forced defendant to be represented by counsel not of his own choice.
A letter dated two days prior to trial was received by the trial court on the morning of and immediately prior to beginning the trial. In this letter, defendant stated that court-appointed counsel was no longer representing him, listed three “reasons” why defendant did not want to be represented by court-appointed counsel and asked that a new attorney…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aaron Hodge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Hudson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- State v. SalazarNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1970
- State v. GuyNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. GutierrezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. LuceroNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. MaesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1983
- State v. WilliamsNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1971