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Branden Edward Shumate v. California

Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, No. G056263 · judgment December 8, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

I. Whether a Trial Court Deprives a Defendant of His Right to Counsel by Discharging a Defendant’s Hired Attorney of Choice Just Before Trial Was to Start II. Whether a Trial Court Deprives a Criminal Defendant of His Right to Retained Counsel of Choice at His Motion for New Trial and/or Sentencing TOPICAL INDEX Page QUESTIONS PRESENTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rose Fay Arfa
Fay Arfa, A Law Corporation

For respondent
Annie Featherman Fraser
California Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 14 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 08 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent State of California to respond filed.
  4. Jun 14 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2021)