RICHARDS v. CLOW

No. 15798.

702 P.2d 4 (1985)

103 N.M. 14

R.E. RICHARDS, ex rel. State of New Mexico v. George Patton, Defendant, Petitioner, v. Janet CLOW, Chief Public Defender of the State of New Mexico; and the Honorable Larry Johnson, District Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, Respondents.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

June 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Templeman & Crutchfield, C. Barry Crutchfield, Lovington, for petitioner.

Janet Clow, Chief Public Defender, Paul Bardacke, Atty. Gen., Ted Apodaca, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondents.


OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

Court-appointed attorney petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus against the Chief Public Defender, Janet Clow (Chief Public Defender), and a writ of prohibition against the Honorable Larry Johnson (Judge Johnson), District Judge of the Fifth Judicial District. The relief sought against the Chief Public Defender is to require the Public Defender Department to perform its statutory duties of providing counsel for indigents...

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