United States v. Tutino

OPINION

IRVING BEN COOPER, District Judge.

We have before us six completed vouchers and accompanying affidavits submitted under the Criminal Justice Act (hereinafter occasionally referred to as “CJA” or “the Act”) by court-appointed attorneys (“petitioners”) from the CJA panel. Each attorney represented an indigent defendant in the trial of United States v. Tutino, et a 1. (75 Cr. 1038), which involved an 18-count indictment that named 17 defendants. Thirteen defendants eventually went to trial on November 10, 1975. Seven weeks later, on December 23, 1975, the jury returned its verdict,…