Clark v. Ivy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFarland, J.:

This is an original mandamus action wherein petitioner judges seek to compel respondent members of the State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services to pay compensation to seven attorneys appointed by petitioners to represent defendants in 1984.

Before proceeding to the issues, the background facts which led to the commencement of this unpropitious litigation must be set forth in some detail. Prior to 1982, the Board of Supervisors of Panels to Aid Indigent Defendants within the judicial branch administered the state program for compensation…