ENGLAND, Justice.
By petition for a writ of mandamus, we are presented with two interrelated questions affecting indigent criminal defendants and the costs of their defense. Relators are indigent defendants represented by the public defender's office in criminal cases which were docketed for trial in November before respondents, judges in the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Monroe County).
In November 1976, respondents issued an administrative order requiring...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
- Updated daily.
- Uncompromising quality.
- Complete, Accurate, Current.
