Smith v. State

Sandra Trotter Phillips, a full-time, state-salaried public defender for the Eleventh Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant, Rikko Smith, an indigent defendant. An appeal was filed, and a request for the transcribed record has been lodged in this court. This court denied the motion to be relieved that was submitted on December 8, 2005.

Ms. Phillips now moves again to withdraw as counsel on appeal based upon Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W.3d 489 (2000), which held that full-time, state-salaried public defenders were ineligible for compensation for…