Swindle v. Benton County Circuit Court

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Ken Swindle, appeals from the circuit court’s order directing him to pay $150 for interpreting services that were provided to his Spanish-speaking client, Manuel Dejesus Manda, who was the defendant..Mr. Swindle’s sole point on appeal is that the circuit court erred in holding him personally responsible for payment of the fee. We affirm the order of the circuit court.

On May 25, 2004, at what appears to have been a plea hearing on Mancia’s charge of theft by receiving, the circuit court informed Mancia’s counsel that he should personally reimburse the…