Widdis v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada Ex Rel. County of Washoe

*1225OPINION

On March 12, 1997, Troy Lewis (Lewis) was charged with aiding and abetting Deano Vincent Spurlock (Spurlock) in committing the first degree murder of Leopoldo Gonzalez-Cervantes. Lewis’s father and grandmother retained Petitioner Dennis E. Widdis, Esq. (Widdis), to represent Lewis. Because Lewis was allegedly indigent, and his family was financially unable to pay for any defense services beyond Widdis’s fee, Widdis filed a motion for defense services and transcripts at public expense. This motion was denied on July 30, 1997.

In its decision, the district court determined that NRS 7.135…