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PUBLIC DEFENDER v. DIST. CT., WAPELLO CTY.

No. 00-1380.

644 N.W.2d 354 (2002)

STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WAPELLO COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Becker, State Public Defender and Mark C. Smith, First Assistant State Public Defender, for plaintiff.

No appearance for defendant.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This case concerns Iowa Code section 915.37 (1999). The statute plainly authorizes the district court to appoint an attorney to represent the interests of child victims in connection with criminal prosecutions for sex abuse, obscenity and child endangerment. What is less plain is who must pay for those legal services, the State or the county. We granted the State Public Defender's application for writ of certiorari to consider its claim that the district...

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