Court Opinion

ID: 9858368
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:21:06.352738+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:54:01.816503
License: Public Domain

Hall, J.
I concur in the result reached in this case. The Circuit Judge appointed nine lawyers to defend the accused which included every lawyer in Newton County except the County Prosecuting Attorney. Under Section 2505, Code of 1942, this was seven more than the statute provides and was unfair both to the defendant and the lawyers involved, and was likely to produce just what happened in this case. “What is everybody’s business is nobody’s business” and “Too many cooks spoil the broth” are well applicable here. Moreover, when the meager fee provided by said statute is divided between nine lawyers, the mere pittance to each is ridiculous and is calculated to produce a neglect of duty in all of them.