Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 11/15/1978

Smith v. State

Citations

118 N.H. 764
394 A.2d 834
3 A.L.R. 4th 568
1978 N.H. LEXIS 289

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directing legislature to make “adequate appropriations” to fund the constitutional right to counsel after finding that existing scheme was “a far cry” from meeting constitutional mandate and making no mention of traditional injunction criteria
involuntarily appointed counsel was entitled to whatever compensation the trial court might fix, which should \neither unjustly enrich nor ... unduly impoverish the court-appointed attorney\
\adequate [legislative] appropriations will have to be made in order to comply with this ruling and to ensure the continued functioning of the criminal justice system\
“adequate [legislative] appropriations will have to be made in order to comply with this ruling and to ensure the continued functioning of the criminal justice system”
attorneys obliged to represent indigents when appointed by court
“Yet, inflation alone has reduced the hourly rates . . . . There can be no question that by limiting an attorney’s compensation . . . the State has transferred a major part of its own burden onto the shoulders of the New Hampshire bar” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)

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