Opinion
S004762
03-01-2017
PEOPLE v. ZAPIEN (CONRAD JESS)
Withdrawal of counsel allowed by order
Good cause appearing, the application of appointed lead counsel for permission to withdraw as attorney of record for condemned inmate Conrad Jess Zapien, filed February 7, 2017, is granted.
The order appointing David R. Reed as lead counsel of record for condemned inmate Conrad Jess Zapien, filed October 17, 1996, is hereby vacated.
Tracy J. Dressner is hereby appointed as lead counsel of record for condemned inmate Conrad Jess Zapien. Counsel is appointed for purposes of all postconviction proceedings in this court, and for subsequent proceedings, including the preparation and filing of a petition for clemency with the Governor of California, as appropriate.
Jay L. Lichtman remains as appointed associate counsel of record for condemned inmate Conrad Jess Zapien.