State v. Perez

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

{1 This is an interlocutory appeal in a pending criminal case against Jesus Edgar Perez. In this case and in several others related to it, we consider the applicability of legislative amendments to the Indigent Defense Act (IDA), Utah Code sections 77-82-101 through -704. The amended provisions override this court's construction of the prior version of the statute in State v. Porduhn, 2011 UT 55, ¶¶ 23-30, 283 P.3d 488, by foreclosing an indigent defendant in a criminal action from retaining private counsel while requesting public defense resources from the…