In Re Attorney Fees of Jamnik

Thomas Jamnik appeals as of right from the trial court’s order denying in substantial part his petition for payment of fees and expenses.

Defendant, Harold B. Hunter, was convicted of armed robbery by a jury in Genesee County and was sentenced to a prison term of six to twenty years. Thomas Jamnik was appointed by the trial court to represent the defendant on appeal. Mr. Jamnik visited the defendant at Kinross Correctional Facility in the Upper Peninsula, filed a claim of appeal and brief, and orally argued the case in the Court of Appeals. Defendant’s conviction was affirmed and Mr. Jamnik…