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