Sharp v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, C.J.:

This is a class action for damages filed by plaintiffs, lawyers practicing in Liberal, Kansas, for themselves and as representative of all lawyers who were required to represent indigent criminal defendants in this state .prior to July 1, 1988, under the Indigent Defense Services Act, K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 22-4501 et seq., and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The district court granted the State’s motion for summary judgment, and plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The issues are whether the petition states a claim upon which relief…