Supreme Court of Iowa December 20, 2000, 98-2246 (State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Polk County)

NEUMAN, Justice.

We granted the State Public Defender’s petition for certiorari to consider his claim that the juvenile court acted illegally when it compensated a court-appointed lawyer for assisting his client to obtain suitable housing. Considered in the abstract, the public defender makes a compelling argument that these were social services, not legal services.