People v. Ashford

The State appeals from the circuit court of Randolph County’s order granting attorney William A. Schuwerk, Jr., $60 per hour for his work in the consolidated causes of People v. Hill and People v. Ash-ford. The State raises the issue of whether the $60 per hour is a reasonable attorney’s fee for the defense of indigent criminal defendants in these consolidated cases. This court affirms.

On September 10, 1985, the trial court appointed Schuwerk as counsel for Cordell Hill and, on December 16, 1985, appointed Schuwerk as counsel for Anthony Ashford. Both Ashford and Hill were inmates at the…