State v. Allgier
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered into a plea agreement and received a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Defendant appealed. Defendant then filed a pro se motion to remand for appointment of counsel. Shortly thereafter, Defendant’s appointed counsel filed a motion to withdraw based on an “irreparable breakdown in the attorney client relationship.” The Supreme Court granted the attorney’s motion to withdraw. The district court appointed two new attorneys to represent Defendant on appeal. Defendant then filed another pro se motion to remove his new counsel. The Supreme Court denied the motion and directed that any further motions seeking to disqualify counsel be supported by adequately documented allegations. Defendant filed three more pro se motions to remove counsel. The motions were deemed denied. Defendant’s new counsel then filed this motion to withdraw, making allegations similar to the motion to withdraw filed by Defendant’s first appellate attorney. The Supreme Court granted the motion and held that, by repeatedly engaging in extreme dilatory, disruptive, and threatening conduct, Defendant had forfeited his right to counsel for the remainder of the appellate proceedings.
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