STATE v. RANDOLPH

No. A10-1557.

800 N.W.2d 150 (2011)

STATE of Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. Walter Jamille RANDOLPH, Defendant, v. County of Rice, intervenor, Respondent, v. State Board of Public Defense, intervenor, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and G. Paul Beaumaster , Rice County Attorney, Terence Swihart , Assistant County Attorney, Faribault, MN, for respondent.

Bradford S. Delapena , Special Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Donald F. Ryan , Crow Wing County Attorney, Brainerd, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota County Attorneys Association.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Alan I. Gilbert , Solicitor General, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Attorney General.

William L. Bernard , Grannis & Hauge, P.A., Eagan, MN, John L. Fossum , Fossum Law Office, Northfield, MN, Richard P. Ohlenberg , Ohlenberg Law Office, Richfield, MN, for amicus curiae Criminal Law Section Minnesota State Bar Association.


OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

The questions presented in this case are: (1) whether the district court erred in ordering a public defender to represent an indigent misdemeanant on appeal; (2) whether the court erred in ordering the public defender system to pay for the representation costs of that appeal; and (3) whether the court erred in ordering the State Public Defender's office to pay for the transcripts required for that appeal.

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