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STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 97-908.

594 N.W.2d 34 (1999)

STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WARREN COUNTY, Defendant, Haroldson & Pray, P.C., Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wegman, State Public Defender, and Mark C. Smith, Assistant State Public Defender, for plaintiff.

Keith D. Haroldson of the Haroldson Law Office, Johnston, and James Pray of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville, and Schoenebaum, P.L.C., Des Moines, intervenor, for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

This is a certiorari action brought by the State Public Defender challenging the legality of the district court's award of court-appointed attorney's fees. It contends the court could not award fees at a higher hourly rate than that specified in the attorney's contract to provide indigent defense. We find the court was required to adhere to the forty-five dollar contract rate and was not authorized to approve a higher amount. Accordingly, we sustain...

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