Bracher v. Superior Court

Opinion

HULL, Acting P. J.

This petition for writ of mandate or prohibition was filed on behalf of three defendants who were charged with misdemeanor offenses in three separate cases. The El Dorado County Public Defender’s Office represented the petitioners. Each petitioner asked the El Dorado County Superior Court to allow counsel to appear for the petitioner at a readiness and settlement conference and to excuse the petitioner from personally appearing. The trial court denied each request and required the petitioner’s personal appearance at the conference.

Petitioners assert that the trial…