STATE v. DOUCET

No. 60287.

352 So.2d 222 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Roger Dale DOUCET.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Sumpter, Sumpter & Schrumpf, Sulphur, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

On June 30, 1976 Dennis R. Sumpter was appointed by Judge L. E. Hawsey, Jr. of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court to represent Roger Doucet in the prosecution titled "State of Louisiana v. Roger D. Doucet, No. 10083-76." After his appointment Act 653 of 1976 was enacted, amending and re-enacting the statutes providing for the appointment and compensation of attorneys for indigent defendants. (R.S. 15:141 et seq.). In March, 1977 Sumpter...

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