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LINDH v. O'HARA

325 A.2d 84 (1974)

Alfred J. LINDH et al., Appellants-Petitioners, v. Robert C. O'HARA, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the Superior Court of the State of Delaware In and For New Castle County, Appellees-Respondents, v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided August 6, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Lindh, Roger P. Sanders, and Francis Trzuskowski, Wilmington, appellants-petitioners, pro se.

Richard S. Gebelein, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for appellees-respondents.

Joseph M. Bernstein, Wilmington, Attorney for New Castle County, for intervenor.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, DUFFY, Associate Justice, and BROWN, Vice Chancellor.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This appeal raises the questions of the source and nature of compensation for court-appointed attorneys representing indigent defendants in criminal cases.

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