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BICE v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BD.

No. 11-30537.

677 F.3d 712 (2012)

Steven BICE, on his own behalf, and on behalf of a class of all similarly situated indigent criminal defendants, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER BOARD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stacy Elizabeth Seicshnaydre (argued), Mary Lucia Blacksher , Supervisory Atty., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Phillip A. Wittmans (argued), Maggie Anne Broussard , Lauren E. Godshall , Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before STEWART, CLEMENT and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

After Steven Bice was charged with public intoxication and public inhabitation, he was brought before the Municipal Court of the City of New Orleans and qualified for representation by a public defender. Louisiana's funding mechanism for indigent defense requires indigent defendants who are found guilty, plead guilty, or plead nolo contendere to pay a $35 fee at the conclusion of their cases, but it does not require defendants who are...

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