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DeLISIO v. ALASKA SUPERIOR COURT

No. S-608.

740 P.2d 437 (1987)

Stephen S. DeLISIO, Appellant, v. ALASKA SUPERIOR COURT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirsten Tinglum, Douglas B. Baily, Baily & Mason, Anchorage, for appellant.

Susan D. Cox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal we have been called upon to reconsider the question of whether a private attorney may be compelled to represent an indigent criminal defendant without just compensation. We now conclude that Article I, section 18 of the Alaska Constitution requires a negative answer to this important question. While we strongly affirm the attorney's time-honored ethical obligation to provide cost-free representation to those in need...

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