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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
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
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 14 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 08 2021Waiver of right of respondent State of California to respond filed.
- Jun 14 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2021)