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BROWN v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS OF WASHOE COUNTY

No. 5710.

451 P.2d 708 (1969)

Stanley H. BROWN, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WASHOE COUNTY and Donald J. Questa, Auditor and Treasurer of Washoe County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Echeverria & Osborne, and Byron K. Meredith, Reno, for appellant.

William J. Raggio, Dist. Atty., and Wilbur H. Sprinkel, Deputy Dist. Atty., Reno, for respondents.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice.

The issue, presented to us by an original proceeding for a writ of mandate, is whether NRS 7.260 limiting compensation to $300 for a court appointed attorney in a non-capital criminal case, is unconstitutional if applied to the circumstances before the court. It is not contended that the statute is unconstitutional per se.

The petitioner, attorney Stanley Brown, seeks to compel the County Commissioners to provide funds...

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