Opinion
S030553
05-31-2023
PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS (GEORGE BRETT)
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, appointed counsel's “Application to File Under Seal the Declaration of Daniel N. Abrahamson in Support of the Application to Withdraw,” filed on February 21, 2023, is granted. The court makes the findings required by California Rules of Court, rule 8.46(d)(6). The Clerk is directed to file under seal the “Declaration of Daniel N. Abrahamson in Support of Application to Withdraw and for Substitution of Counsel,” lodged conditionally under seal on February 21, 2023.
Good cause appearing, the application of Daniel N. Abrahamson for permission to withdraw as counsel of record for George Brett Williams, filed February 21, 2023, is granted. The December 29, 1997, order appointing Abrahamson as appellate and habeas corpus counsel is hereby vacated.
The Habeas Corpus Resource Center is hereby appointed as habeas corpus/executive clemency counsel of record for George Brett Williams, including in the proceedings in the superior court related to Williams (George Brett) on H.C., S156682.
Daniel N. Abrahamson is hereby directed to deliver to the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, 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 George Brett Williams or from his trial counsel, experts, investigators, or paralegals, or from any other source.