Davis v. State

Clarke, Chief Justice.

We granted this application for immediate review to consider whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to appoint and to compensate his present counsel, Millard Farmer and Carla Friend. We conclude that it did err and reverse.

Curfew Davis was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1974. His sentence was vacated by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1976. *222Later, he was retried and given the death sentence again. That sentence was vacated in federal habeas corpus proceedings in 1983. In all proceedings since 1977, Farmer has represented Davis without…