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STATE v. WIGLEY

No. 92-KK-1503.

624 So.2d 425 (1993)

STATE v. Pennie WIGLEY. STATE v. Robert Earle HIGGINBOTHAM.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion September 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alcide J. Gray, Gray & Spruel, Anna R. Gray, Mark A. Delphin, Thomas L. Lorenzi, Lorenzi & Sanchez, John Holdridge, for applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Robert R. Bryant, Dist. Atty., Paul P. Reggie, Frederick W. Frey, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.

G. Paul Marx, amicus curiae, for Public Defender 15th JDC.

Paulette Dartez, amicus curiae, for Calcasieu Parish 14th JDC.

Christopher M. Trahan, amicus curiae, indigent defender 14th JDC and indigent defender 38th JDC.

Harry S. Hardin, III, amicus curiae, for Louisiana State Bar Ass'n.

Concurring Opinion by Justice Dennis September 9, 1993.

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

We granted writs in this case to decide whether the uncompensated appointment of attorneys to represent indigent criminal defendants in unrelated cases, consolidated in this Court, violated the attorneys' constitutional rights.

Uncompensated representation of indigents, when reasonably imposed, is a professional obligation burdening the privilege...

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