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QUITMAN COUNTY v. STATE

No. 2003-SA-02658-SCT.

910 So.2d 1032 (2005)

QUITMAN COUNTY, Mississippi v. STATE of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, in his Official Capacity as Governor and Jim Hood, in his Official Capacity as Attorney General.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christopher Klotz, William H. Voth, Kathleen A. Behan, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy Berryhill, Harold Edward Pizzetta, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

SMITH, Chief Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case is now before this Court a second time. Quitman County [hereinafter the County] filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the State of Mississippi, Governor Haley Barbour, and Attorney General Jim Hood. The County alleged that Mississippi's statutes requiring the counties to provide legal services for indigent criminal defendants are unconstitutional. The County sought a declaratory judgment...

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