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STATE v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF JOHNSON CTY.

No. 5609.

642 P.2d 456 (1982)

STATE of Wyoming; Ed Herschler, Governor; James B. Griffith, State Auditor; Shirley Wittler, State Treasurer; Richard H. Honaker, State Public Defender, Appellants (Defendants), v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, State of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., and Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Greg L. Goddard, County and Pros. Atty., Johnson County, Buffalo, for appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.

ROONEY, Justice.

Appellee-County brought this action against appellant-State for reimbursement of monies expended to pay an attorney appointed by the trial court to represent an indigent defendant in a criminal case. The public-defender system became operative during the course of the proceedings in the criminal case, and the County contends that the State should be responsible for payment for the services of the court-appointed attorney.1

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