People v. Hill

The petitioners* are the court-appointed private counsel who successfully represented indigent defendants in the large-scale murder prosecution commonly known as the Pontiac Prison Riot Case, and they appeal, contending the trial court erred by failing to provide reasonable compensation for their services.

We affirm because the petitioners have failed to present a record which would permit us to adequately assess whether the trial court abused its discretion. Pertinent to our decision are the following facts: On March 5, 1979, a grand jury in Livingston County indicted 17 inmates of the prison…