State v. Ruiz

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The style of this case may be misleading because it involves only the attorneys’ fee portion of the second trial of Ruiz and Denton. This opinion does not attempt to reach any part of the trial in chief on its merits.

After the second Ruiz and Denton trial was completed the attorneys, Ike Laws, Joseph Cambiano and Thomas M. Carpenter, petitioned the court for appropriate attorneys’ fees. The fees were to be paid by Logan County, even though the trial was held in Conway County on change of venue.

The trial court considered the claim for attorneys’ fees on the merits of…