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STATE v. CITIZEN

No. 2004-KA-1841.

898 So.2d 325 (2005)

STATE of Louisiana v. Adrian CITIZEN. and State of Louisiana v. Benjamin G. Tonguis.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Lake Charles, Counsel for Applicant.

Hon. Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Burton Paul Guidry, Assistant Attorney General, Hon. Robert Bryant, District Attorney, Carla Sue Sigler, Assistant District Attorney, Frederick Wayne Frey, Assistant District Attorney; Phyllis Elaine Mann, Alexandria, Gary Proctor, Marilyn Michele Fournet, Counsel for Respondents.

VICTORY, J.

These consolidated cases present the issue of funding for indigent defendants in criminal cases in the State of Louisiana. In particular, the legislature has enacted statutes which require the State to provide the funds for indigent defense through the Louisiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board ("LIDAB") and statewide indigent defender boards in each judicial district but has at the same time failed to provide...

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