STATE v. LYNCH

Nos. 74319, 74259.

796 P.2d 1150 (1990)

The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellant, v. Delbert LYNCH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen. and Carol Price Dillingham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellant, the State, No. 74,319 and for respondents, Honorable Gordon, No. 74,259 and Melson, et al.

Jack Mattingly, Mattingly & Snow and Rob Pyron, Seminole, for appellee, Delbert Lynch, No. 74,319.

George W. Braly, Braly & Braly, Ada, for petitioners, Pontotoc County, No. 74,259 and Bar Ass'n, et al.


KAUGER, Justice.

In these cases of first impression,1 we are asked to decide whether the trial court erred in declaring 21 O.S.Supp. 1985 § 701.14 unconstitutional because court appointed counsel were forced to represent indigent defendants without the assurance of receiving adequate, speedy, and certain compensation for such representation.

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