Court Opinion

ID: 9768350
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:57:31.356484+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:39.684117
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Darrell Hickman, Justice, concurring. I concur with the result but would add that the appellant’s attorney has not demonstrated that he has been singled out to represent this indigent defendant, or others, to his obvious legal detriment. It is part of the duty and responsibility of any practicing attorney to do his part to represent individuals in the locality in both civil and criminal matters who cannot afford counsel. All lawyers must bear some burden in administering the justice system. See ABA CANON 2, Ethical Consideration 2-25. [Code of Professional Responsibility and Canons of Judicial Ethics.] It may be possible in a given criminal case that an indigent’s attorney might make a showing that he has been deprived of property without due process of law. That is a theoretical possibility. See State v. Ruiz, 269 Ark. 331, 602 S. W.2d 625 (1980). But a bare showing that numerous hours have been invested cannot in my mind even raise that issue, and that is essentially all the appellant’s attorney has done.