Pfister v. Iowa District Court for Polk County

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• holding state must compensate court-appointed attorneys to which defendants were constitutionally entitled even though there was no statute authorizing their appointment
• holding statutory amendments changing “the mechanics of providing and paying counsel for indigent parolees” were not unconstitutional
• holding state must compensate court-appointed attorneys to which defendants were 1In the same bill that amended sections 232.141(3)(c
• holding statutory amendments changing “the mechanics of providing and paying counsel for indigent parolees” were not unconstitutional
• explaining that a party may pursue a writ of certiorari when they claim the district court “exceeded its jurisdiction or otherwise has acted illegally”
• stating that “when the constitution mandates the appointment of counsel [‘in proceedings brought by the state in the public interest’], the state has a concomitant responsibility to pay the court-appointed attorney”

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