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STATE v. TORRES

No. CR-03-0326-PR.

93 P.3d 1056 (2004)

208 Ariz. 340

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Victor TORRES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

July 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, and Karla Hotis Delord, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

Susan Sherwin, Office of the Legal Advocate, by Tennie B. Martin, Deputy Legal Advocate, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant.

OPINION

RYAN, Justice.

¶ 1 The question this case presents is whether a trial court's failure to conduct an inquiry into an indigent defendant's request to change appointed counsel mandates an automatic reversal of the defendant's conviction. We conclude that it does not. Instead, we hold that the matter must be remanded for a hearing on the defendant's request.

I.

¶ 2 The State charged Victor Torres with several felonies. Because...

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