State Of Louisiana v. Frank William Beckendorf, III

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2021 KW 1140

VERSUS

FRANK WILLIAM BECKENDORF, III NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In Re: Frank William Beckendorf, III, applying for

supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court,
Parish of St. Tammany, No. 1743- F-- 2021.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, HOLDRIDGE, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. Relator' s unsubstantiated allegations are

insufficient to adequately demonstrate that his court- appointed

counsel is incompetent to represent him. The trial court cannot
be called upon to appoint counsel other than the one
originally
appointed merely to please the desires of the indigent accused

in the absence of an adequate showing that the court- appointed

attorney is inept or incompetent to represent the accused.

State v. LeBlanc, 2014- 1455 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 5/ 5/ 15), 174
So. 3d 1187, 1191.

GH
WRC

Guidry, J., dissents and would grant the writ application.

While I recognize that an indigent defendant does not have the
right to have a particular attorney appointed to represent him,
State v. Chester, 2009- 1019 ( La. 2/ 10/ 10), 27 So. 3d 837, 838,
the right to effective is
assistance of counsel guaranteed by
the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. I would,

therefore, vacate the trial court' s ruling denying relator' s

Motion to Fire and Report Ineffective Counsel and Motion for
Conflict Attorney" and remand this matter to the trial court to

conduct an evidentiary hearing on the allegations in the motion.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

04,Daj DEP Y CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT