State v. Earl

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

1 1 This is a consolidated interlocutory appeal in two pending criminal cases against Tara Earl. In these cases and in several related ones, we consider the applicability of legislative amendments to the Indigent Defense Act (IDA), Utah Code sections 77-32-101 through -704. The amended provisions override this court's construction of the prior version of the statute in State v. Parduhn, 2011 UT 55, ¶¶ 23-30, 288 P.3d 488, by foreclosing an indigent defendant in a criminal action from retaining private counsel while requesting public defense resources from the…