Opinion
S068863
02-21-2024
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, the motion of Gary B. Wells, appointed habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel, to withdraw as counsel of record, filed January 5, 2024, is granted. The July 11, 2016, order appointing Wells as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel is hereby vacated.
Attorney John N. Aquilina is hereby appointed as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for David Lynn Scott, including in the proceedings in the superior court related to In re Scott, S199551.
Gary B. Wells is directed to deliver to John N. Aquilina, within 30 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 David Lynn Scott or from his trial counsel, experts, investigators, or paralegals, or from any other source.