STATE v. SEE

No. 85-1278.

387 N.W.2d 583 (1986)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Dennis Keith SEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane A. Harlan, Newton, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Brent R. Appel, Deputy Atty. Gen., and John E. Billingsley, Co. Atty., for appellee.

Peter Cohen, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae National Legal Aid & Defender Assn.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, WOLLE, and LAVORATO, JJ.


WOLLE, Justice.

Defendant, an indigent for whom counsel was appointed by the court, contends the prosecution should not have had a voice in the determination of the fees to be paid his court-appointed attorney. The trial court denied defendant's several-pronged challenge to the county attorney's participation in the hearing on counsel's fee application. We affirm, finding neither a constitutional infirmity nor breach of legal ethics in the fee-setting procedure.<...

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