Opinion
S161399
09-27-2023
PEOPLE v. MOLANO (CARL EDWARD)
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, the application of Wesley A. Van Winkle, appointed habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel, to withdraw as counsel of record, filed August 28, 2023, is granted. The November 12, 2013, order appointing Van Winkle as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel is hereby vacated.
On the court's own motion, Joseph Schlesinger, in his capacity as Executive Director of the California Appellate Project in San Francisco, is hereby appointed as interim habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for Carl Edward Molano, including in the proceedings in the superior court related to In re Carl Edward Molano, S238372.
Wesley A. Van Winkle is directed to deliver to Executive Director Schlesinger, within 60 days from the filing of this order, all appellate and habeas corpus work product, trial files, and all other appellate and habeas corpus related materials that he has obtained from appellant Carl Edward Molano or from his trial counsel, experts, investigators, or paralegals, or from any other source.