Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 3, 1995No. 24226PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Justice:
This appeal is from an order awarding attorney’s fees for the representation of an indigent defendant in a noncapital criminal case. We reverse.
FACTS
Respondent-appellant (Attorney) practices law in York County. On April 8,1991, he was appointed to represent an indigent noncapital defendant after the Public Defender’s Office was relieved from representation because of a conflict of interest. Attorney spent a total of 1472 hours working on the case. After the case was resolved by a guilty plea, Attorney submitted a Defense of Indigent voucher to the circuit court on which he…
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