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- Title: State v. Schoonmaker
- Author : Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma
- Release Date : January 23, 2008
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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{1} Defendant Jake Schoonmaker was charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm. Though he was declared indigent, and thus qualified for representation by the public defenders office, Defendants family raised enough funds to retain private counsel to represent him. However, neither Defendant nor his family could afford to pay for expert witnesses that were essential to his defense. Given no alternative, defense counsel tried unsuccessfully to withdraw in favor of the public defender so that, with public financing, his client could put on an adequate defense. By refusing to allow counsel to withdraw under these circumstances, or otherwise to order that the necessary services be provided, the district court essentially put Defendant in the position of receiving ineffective assistance of counsel. Accordingly, we reverse Defendants convictions and remand for a new trial.