People v. Deatley

T1 Pursuant to C.A.R. 21, we issued our rule to show cause in this case to determine whether the trial court erred in requiring retained attorneys to represent a defendant at trial, despite defendant's expressed desire to discharge them and his lawsuit against them that created an irreconcilable conflict of interest.

T2 In October 2010, the prosecution charged Alan DeAtley, a Washington State *63resident, with twenty-five counts of white-collar criminal activity involving alleged fraudulent tax credits for land conservation easements in Colorado. In July 2011, the trial court allowed DeAtley's…