HALL, Justice.
Applications for writs in these two capital cases were granted and consolidated to determine the proper source of funding for certain expenses associated with indigent defense. We hold that, upon a contradictory showing that the local indigent defender board cannot afford the expenses in question, the district court can order the local government of the parish where the case is being tried to defray necessary expenses surrounding...
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