HALPIN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 11285.

240 Cal.App.2d 701 (1966)

49 Cal. Rptr. 857

JACK HALPIN et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SHASTA COUNTY, Respondent; THE COUNTY OF SHASTA, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Halpin and Thomas McGlynn in pro. per., Leep, Saunders & Halpin and Carr & Kennedy for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Robert A. Rehberg, County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest.


REGAN, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate to compel the respondent court to set reasonable attorneys' fees for services rendered as court-appointed attorneys in accordance with 987a of the Penal Code.1

Shasta County has no public defender. Pursuant to their appointment by the respondent court, petitioners did, in September 1965, appear on behalf of and defend one John Ray Hochstedler who was charged with murder. Petitioners...

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