In what circumstances will the trial court exercise its discretion in refusing to grant the Attorney General's request for a hearing to appoint an expert counsel?

In Bigelow, we concluded that the trial court's error in failing to exercise discretion gained in significance because on the record in that case "it would have been an abuse of discretion to deny the request for advisory counsel." ( People v. Bigelow, supra, 37 Cal.3d at p. 743, 209 Cal.Rptr. 328, 691 P.2d 994.) The Attorney General maintains that the reasons for appointment of advisory counsel were much more compelling in Bigelow than in the present case, and that in this case it would not have been an abuse of discretion to deny the request for appointment of advisory counsel. We agree.