Legal Opinion
J. D. Williamson, Jr. v. Paul E. Vardeman, Judge of Jackson County, and Susan Stanton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1982No. 81-1863PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
The sole issue in this case is whether the courts of Missouri may compel private attorneys to represent indigent defendants when the state legislature has failed to appropriate sufficient funds to compensate lawyers for their services or to pay expenses deemed necessary for the defense of the accused.
On April 9,1981, a state circuit judge, the Honorable Paul E. Vardeman, appointed petitioner, J. D. Williamson, to represent Robert Powell, an indigent, charged with four counts of sale of a controlled substance. In its order, the court stated that, unless it was prohibited from…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Selective Draft Law CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Hurtado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Butler v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. Edward J. Dillon, Petition of Manley B. StrayerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- DeLisio v. Alaska Superior CourtAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
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