Does a judge have any authority or authority to bar a district attorney from assisting in the selection of counsel for an indigent defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Peoples, 51 Cal.App.4th 1592, 60 Cal.Rptr.2d 173 (Cal. App. 1997):
In proceeding on his own motion, the judge may have been mindful of the words of this court in Vangsness v. Superior Court (1984) 159 Cal.App.3d 1087, 1091-1092, 206 Cal.Rptr. 45: "In matters involving sensitive questions of selection of counsel for indigent defendants ... the district attorney has little to gain and much to lose in allowing himself to become involved in the matter."
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