State v. Moore

During the pendency of a criminal action, the defendant filed a motion, captioned in that cause, for an order allowing her to substitute in place of her attorney of record other attorneys whom she had latterly retained to represent her in the further progress of the action. Defendant’s original attorney thereupon filed a petition, captioned in the same cause, for an order fixing and allowing the amount of fees due him for services theretofore rendered to defendant and requiring payment thereof by her before allowance of the requested substitution. Upon a hearing of both applications, the…