United States v. Parker

BAZELON, Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:

This is an application for excess compensation requiring my approval under the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A(d). Counsel has already been awarded $500 for his services in the first trial, which resulted in a hung jury. The District Court has authorized payment of an additional $500 based on counsel’s claim of 37 hours spent in open Court during the second trial. Since the application before me contains no statement of the nature and purpose of the services rendered in the first trial, I am…