State v. Eastman

The appellant, David H. Bownes, attorney for David Eastman, appeals a decision of the Superior Court (Smukler, J.) denying a motion to exceed maximum counsel fees under Supreme Court Rule 47 (Rule 47). We affirm.

*109The record supports the following facts. On March 22,2002, the superior court appointed Bownes as counsel to Eastman, who had been represented at various times by at least three other attorneys. Eastman was charged with felony counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one misdemeanor count of sexual assault. Bownes represented Eastman through the completion of trial, which…