Opinion
S049596
12-12-2018
PEOPLE v. BRYANT (STANLEY), SMITH (DONALD FRANKLIN) & WHEELER (LEROY)
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, the application of appointed counsel for permission to withdraw as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for condemned inmate Leroy Wheeler, filed October 31, 2018, is granted.
The order appointing Conrad Petermann as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for condemned inmate Leroy Wheeler, filed October 31, 2008, is hereby vacated.
Wesley A. Van Winkle, in his capacity as the alternative assisting attorney on behalf of condemned inmate Leroy Wheeler, is hereby appointed as interim habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for condemned inmate Leroy Wheeler, including the pending capital-related habeas corpus proceedings transferred to Los Angeles County Superior Court (S197586).
Conrad Petermann is hereby directed to deliver to alternative assisting attorney Wesley A. Van Winkle, within 30 days from the filing of this order, all habeas corpus work product, trial files, and all other habeas corpus related materials that he has obtained from condemned inmate Leroy Wheeler or from his trial counsel, experts, investigators, or paralegals, or from any other source.