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IN RE PETITION FOR FEES IN: PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 16500.

93 Ill. App.3d 848 (1981)

417 N.E.2d 1062

In re PETITION FOR FEES IN: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. DAVID "MICK" JOHNSON, Defendant; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. JOHN L. DORRIS, Defendant. — (R.C. LANTO, JR., et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondents-Appellees.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed February 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gadau, of Champaign, for appellants.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Trish Crowley, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Howard Braverman, of Springfield, for amicus curiae.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

"A lawyer's time is his stock in trade."

— A. Lincoln

We deal here with the troublesome question of fees for appointed counsel in criminal cases.

Attorney Paul R. Wilson, Jr., and attorney Reino Lanto were appointed by the circuit court of Champaign County to represent indigent defendants who had been charged with murder. When their duties to these...

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