LARSON, J.
In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the $100 application fee imposed upon defendants who seek appointed counsel from the Board of Indigents' Defense Services (BIDS) violates an indigent defendant's rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and § 10 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights.
Although this issue was not raised below, we reach the constitutional arguments and hold that K.S...
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