Digesti v. Third Judicial District Court

OPINION

This petition for a writ of mandamus challenges an order of the district court denying petitioner’s request for additional attorney’s fees earned while representing an indigent client.

Petitioner, Laurence Peter Digestí, was appointed by the district court to represent an indigent client. Petitioner’s client was charged with, among other things, manufacture of a controlled substance in violation of NRS 453.321, which is a felony punishable by a maximum sentence of imprisonment for life.

On June 29, 1992, petitioner filed in the district court a motion requesting interim attorney’s fees…