Littlefield v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES CTY.

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender of Los Angeles County, has filed a petition for a writ of mandate directing the respondent superior court to vacate and set aside its order requiring a deputy public defender to act as “standby” counsel for real party in interest defendant Eddie Clyde Jackson (Mr. Jackson), who has elected to appear in propria persona in his felony trial. We conclude that Government Code section 27706 does not authorize the court to appoint the public defender to act as standby counsel. We therefore grant the peremptory writ of mandate requested by…