Court Opinion

ID: 3795801
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:40:29.679779+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:23.721373
License: Public Domain

OPINION — AG — ** INDIGENT — COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY — FEES ** WE DULY RECEIVED YOUR LETTER . . . LEGISLATURE AMENDING 22 O.S. 1271 [22-1271] BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE ALLOWED TO AN ATTORNEY APPOINTED TO REPRESENT A PAUPER DEFENDANT FROM $25.00 TO $100.00. YOU STATE THAT A QUESTION HAS ARISEN AS TO WHETHER SUCH COMPENSATION SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE COURT FUND OR FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY ? — COURT FUND (COUNTY COMMISSIONERS) CITE: 62 O.S. 323 [62-323], 22 O.S. 1271 [22-1271] (SAM H. LATTIMORE)