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PEOPLE v. ATKINSON

No. 75-531.

50 Ill. App.3d 860 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 94

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KAROLYN ATKINSON et al., Defendants. — (ELLIS E. FUQUA, Attorney, Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed July 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis E. Fuqua, of Waukegan, for appellant, pro se.

Jack Hoogasian, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Phyllis J. Perko and Christine M. Drucker, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

M.R. Conzelman, of Waukegan, for amicus curiae Lake County Bar Ass'n.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Compensation to be awarded court appointed counsel in extraordinary circumstances for protracted defense of an indigent charged with a felony is in issue in this appeal.

Karolyn Atkinson was indicted with Ardice Heflin, and charged with murder and conspiracy in connection with the murder of Karolyn Atkinson's husband. Attorney Ellis E. Fuqua, who has practiced in Illinois...

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