State v. Carruth

324 So.2d 400 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Donald CARRUTH.

No. 56768.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1976.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, L. J. Hymel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Della H. Boyd, Staff Atty., Baton Rouge, Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

Wray & Robinson, Bert K. Robinson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.

DIXON, Justice.

After his client was sentenced, Bert K. Robinson, who had been appointed to represent the indigent defendant, moved the court to fix his fee and tax it as costs to be paid by the State of…