State v. See

WOLLE, Justice.

Defendant, an indigent for whom counsel was appointed by the court, contends the prosecution should not have had a voice in the determination of the fees to be paid his court-appointed attorney. The trial court denied defendant’s several-pronged challenge to the county attorney’s participation in the hearing on counsel’s fee application. We affirm, finding neither a constitutional infirmity nor breach of legal ethics in the fee-setting procedure.

The background facts of this case exemplify the procedure we have previously prescribed for determining reasonable fees to be paid…