Rushing v. State

LAVENSKI R. SMITH, Justice.

We recently affirmed Kenneth Joel Rushing’s conviction and life sentence for the first-degree murder of William Jack Allen. Rushing v. State, 338 Ark. 277, 992 S.W. 2d 789 (1999). Public defender Jim Pedigo of Miller County represented Rushing as trial counsel and subsequently as appellate counsel. Pedigo now motions this court for attorney’s fees under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-6 for his work on Rushing’s criminal appeal. Pedigo contends that he is entitled to attorney’s fees under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-6 (c) despite his employment as a full-time public defender. Pedigo…