Opinion
S015381
08-08-2018
PEOPLE v. CARTER (TRACEY LAVELL)
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, the application of appointed counsel for permission to withdraw as attorney of record for condemned inmate Tracey Lavell Carter, filed March 22, 2018, is granted.
The order appointing Ronald S. Smith as lead counsel of record for condemned inmate Tracey Lavell Carter, filed May 26, 1994, is hereby vacated.
Upon request for appointment of counsel, Brian M. Pomerantz is hereby appointed as counsel of record for condemned inmate Tracey Lavell Carter. Counsel is appointed for purposes of all further capital-related state postconviction proceedings, including the evidentiary hearing now pending in Los Angeles Superior Court (see In re Tracey Lavell Carter on Habeas Corpus, S096438), and for subsequent proceedings, including the preparation and filing of a petition for clemency with the Governor of California, as appropriate.