Charles Bland, Jr. v. California Department of Corrections Attorney General of the State of California

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

I

OVERVIEW

The Director of the California Department of Corrections and the Attorney General of the State of California (collectively referred to as the “State”) appeal the district court’s grant of Charles Bland’s (Bland) habeas petition; 1 The district court concluded that the state trial court denied Bland his Sixth Amendment right to obtain counsel of his choice. We affirm.

II

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On February 4, 1987, three men in . a blue and white Suzuki Jeep drove past a group of people standing at a bus stop in Inglewood, California. The men in the jeep…