Judy v. White

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

The issue before us in this case concerns the discretion of a trial judge to alter the amount of attorney fees submitted for approval by court-appointed attorneys for work involving the representation of indigent criminal defendants pursuant to W.Va.Code, 29-21-13a [1990]. The petitioner, J. David Judy, III, argues that the respondent, the Honorable Sam White, Judge of the Circuit Court of Doddridge County, violated W.Va.Code, 29-21-13a [1990] and this Court’s ruling in Jewell v. Maynard, 181 W.Va. 571, 383 S.E.2d 536 (1989) when petitioner’s voucher for appellate…