Legal Opinion
State v. Huskey
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 19, 2002No. 01-0383PublishedCited by 16 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · TiptonJoseph M. Tipton, J.
NORMA McGEE OGLE, J., joined.
The defendant, Thomas Dee Huskey, brings this extraordinary appeal in which he challenges the order of the Knox County Criminal Court removing his lead counsel of record for his retrial on four counts of first degree murder. The defendant asserts that the trial court’s action is an infringement on his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. We conclude that the trial court’s order violated the defendant’s right to counsel and exceeded its discretion. We vacate the trial court’s order and remand the case for further proceedings.
We granted the defendant’s…
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