STATE v. WELLS

No. 56767.

324 So.2d 399 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ernest WELLS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Brewer, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

The defendant, through his court appointed counsel Ralph Brewer, filed a motion to quash and/or petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the appointment of counsel without compensation deprives an indigent of his right to effective assistance of counsel and the attorney of his property without due process of law, in violation of the federal and state constitutions.

The trial judge denied the motion to quash and/or petition for a...

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