Legal Opinion
In Re Easterbrook
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 8, 1988No. A041530PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT. *
Petitioner, Alex Easterbrook, seeks by way of habeas corpus to set aside respondent court’s order finding petitioner in contempt and sentencing him to five days in jail.
Petitioner is the appointed counsel for Finas Winston Sturns, Jr., a criminal defendant whose case is currently being tried in San Mateo County Superior Court. On February 29, 1988, Sturns made a Marsden motion seeking to obtain new counsel, which respondent court denied. Sturns also made a Faretta motion to represent himself, which he later withdrew.
On February 29, 1988, Stums filed a civil complaint for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- People v. MarsdenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Budd v. NixenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- People v. Superior Court (Greer)California Supreme Court · 1977
- Ventura County Humane Society v. HollowayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
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- Marshak v. BallesterosCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1999
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