Does a judge have to inquire whether he wanted substitute counsel during a Marsden hearing?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Torres, B240978 (Cal. App. 2014):

this decision are insufficient to require the court to inquire whether he wanted substitute counsel" during a Marsden hearing. (People v. Frierson (1991) 53 Cal.3d 730, 741.) The trial court did not err in declining to hold a Marsden hearing.

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