Withdrawal of counsel — Replacement by court
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Zagorski v. State (1998)
Most recently applied in William Rogers v. Tony Mays (August 2022)
Acts 1965, ch. 217, §§ 7, 8; T.C.A., §§ 40-2020, 40-2021.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) The court may, upon good cause shown, permit an attorney appointed under this part to withdraw as counsel of record for the accused. If any attorney is permitted to withdraw, the court shall, in the manner contained in § 40-14-202, immediately appoint another attorney in the former attorney's place.
(2) The court may, upon its own motion, replace any attorney appointed under this part if the court deems replacement of the attorney necessary to preserve the rights of the accused.
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