EX PARTE STATE

1930680, 1930683.

672 So.2d 1310 (1995)

Ex parte State of Alabama. Re James W. MAY v. STATE. Ex parte James W. MAY. Re James W. May v. State.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Donald Bolton, Jr., Foley, for James W. May.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and Jean Williams Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Mannon G. Bankston, Jr., Oxford; and William R. Blanchard (committee chairman), Montgomery, for Amicus curiae Alabama State Bar (Indigent Defense Committee), in support of May's petition.

James E. Boren, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for Amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, in support of May's petition.

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, for Amicus curiae Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Joel L. Sogol, Tuscaloosa, for Amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama.


COOK, Justice.

The writs of certiorari are quashed as having been improvidently granted.

The petitioner in case number 1930683, James W. May, contends that the imposition of a duty to represent indigent criminal defendants at rates currently limited by Ala. Code 1975, § 15-12-21(d), violates numerous constitutional provisions, including the prohibition against taking of property without just compensation, and he invites us to reexamine our holdings on...

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