People v. Pino

Petitioner Sam Adam (hereinafter petitioner) appeals from the trial court’s award of reasonable attorney fees for his representation of defendant Isis Pino (hereinafter defendant), who was tried and convicted in absentia on various drug charges. Upon review, petitioner argues that the trial court should have awarded him attorney fees in the full amount of defendant’s bail bond ($200,000). Petitioner asserts that this award would be appropriate, because defendant agreed, before she disappeared prior to trial, that petitioner would receive the full amount of her bail bond deposit as attorney…