In what circumstances have courts found that serious misconduct may support a finding of forfeiture of counsel in a case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from King v. Superior Court, 107 Cal.App.4th 929, 132 Cal.Rptr.2d 585 (Cal. App. 2003):
Another state court has found that serious misconduct may support a finding of forfeiture of counsel in State v. Carruthers (Tenn.2000) 35 S.W.3d 516. Carruthers was a death penalty case, in which several attorneys
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