OPINION
LANKFORD, J.
¶ 1 This appeal requires us to decide whether a trial court may—and indeed must—conduct an inquiry and decide an indigent criminal defendant's motion to substitute appointed counsel. We hold that a court must decide such a motion after adequately inquiring into the grounds for it, and that failure to do so is reversible error that requires a new trial.
¶ 2 Defendant Victor Torres appealed from two cases...
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