Appellant, a practicing attorney, was appointed by the circuit judge to undertake the defense of an indigent criminal defendant, Lester Hutchinson. Appellant refused to accept the appointment alleging that to require him to accept such an appointment amounted to an unconstitutional invasion of a lawyer's right to due process and equal protection, amounted to involuntary servitude, and denied the defendant...
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