Is it error for a trial court to deny a defendant's motion to relieve his court-appointed attorney without a hearing?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Combs v. Hatton, No. 2:17-cv-00788-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2017):

1. See People v. Marsden, 465 P.2d 44 (Cal. 1970) (holding it was error for the trial court to deny a defendant's motion to relieve his court-appointed attorney without holding a hearing to allow the defendant to explain its grounds).

2. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).

3. See Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 639 (1993) (instructing that, where the standard applies, habeas relief is not warranted unless the error "had [a] substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's verdict").

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