In Re Attorney Fees of Burgess

Petitioners are licensed attorneys who were assigned by the Recorder’s Court for the City of Detroit to represent an indigent defendant, Robert Early Smith, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, contrary to MCLA 750.227; MSA 28.424. Petitioners represented Smith at the preliminary examination and thereafter filed a motion to quash the information which was denied by Judge Joseph Maher. Application for leave to appeal that order to the Court of Appeals was granted, a brief submitted and oral argument presented by petitioners, which eventuated in an affirmance of the trial court ruling.…