In a prosecution of defendant for possession of a firearm by a felon and drug related crimes, defendant’s appeal based on a claim that he was denied his right to bring a motion to withdraw his plea when his retained counsel announced he was unable to make the motion due to a conflict and the trial court refused to appoint new counsel for purposes of the motion is dismissed as defendant failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause as required by Penal Code section 1237.5.
Read People v. Brown, No. B211558 [HTML]
Read People v. Brown, No. B211558 [PDF]
Appellate Information
Filed January 26, 2010
Judges
Opinion by Judge Epstein
For Appellant: Richard L. Fitzer
For Appellee: Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie C. Brenan and Kathy S. Pomerantz, Deputy Attorneys General
You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help
Civil Rights
Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Criminal
Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records
Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules
