Beury v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada

OPINION

On March 2, 1989, the district court appointed petitioner Donald Beury to represent Wayne Walters on his appeal from the district court’s denial of Walters’ post-conviction relief petition. Beury successfully prosecuted the appeal and this court reversed Walters’ conviction. See Walters v. State, 106 Nev. 45, 786 P.2d 1202 (1990). Thereafter, Beury moved the district court, pursu*221ant to NRS 7.125, for $4,230 in attorney’s fees for the work performed on Walters’ appeal. Beury expended 105.5 hours of unquestioned eifort in handling the appeal.

After hearing arguments on Beury’s motion for…