What is the test for whether a court has a duty to bail out a defense counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Collins, C080814 (Cal. App. 2017):
Instead, the trial court characterized the issue before it as whether it had a duty to "bail out" defense counsel. That was legally incorrect, because the issue before the trial court was ensuring defendant's right to a fair trial. (See People v. McKenzie (1983)
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