505 So. 2d 981 - State v. Simms’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “Defendant must exercise his right to counsel of his choice at a reasonable time, in a reasonable manner and at an appropriate state of the proceedings. State v. Seiss, supra [ 428 So.2d 444 ]; State v. Leggett, 363 So.2d 434 (La.1978). Absent a justifiable basis, there is no constitutional right to make a new choice of counsel on the very date trial is to begin, with the attendant necessity of a continuance and its disrupting complications. State v. Seiss, supra; State v. Leggett, supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 714 So. 2d 859 - State v. Coleman

2. “Once the trial date has arrived, the question of withdrawal of counsel largely rests with the discretion of the trial judge. The Louisiana Supreme Court has frequently upheld the trial court’s denial of motions for withdrawal of counsel made on the day of trial when the defendant is dissatisfied with his present attorney but had ample opportunity to retain private counsel. Simms, supra at 984 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. McClintock