People v. Parker

Application under section 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for allowance of counsel fees to assigned counsel in a first degree murder case. Defendant was indicted for first degree murder on August 28, 1964 and the present counsel were assigned to represent him pursuant to section 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on September 3, 1964. Various motions and other steps were taken in the case. But before the case went to trial, a superseding indictment was filed on May 19,1965 again accusing said defendant of murder in the first degree — for the same alleged murder. The same counsel has…