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IN RE HILLIS

No. 321,2003.

858 A.2d 317 (2004)

In the Matter of the Petition of Edmund M. HILLIS, Assistant Public Defender, for a Writ of Prohibition and/or Certiorari.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo Falasca, Wilmington; Bernard J. O'Donnell and James Brendan O'Neill of the Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, for Edmund M. Hillis.

Loren C. Meyers of the Department of Justice, Wilmington, for State of DE.

Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, BERGER, STEELE and JACOBS, Justices, constituting the court en banc.

PER CURIAM:

Edmund M. Hillis, Assistant Public Defender, petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition or certiorari challenging the authority of a Superior Court judge to sanction him through the imposition of costs of transporting prisoners to court and confining him for one hour to a courthouse "holding area." Hillis contends that: (i) a trial judge does not have the authority, absent a finding of contempt, to impose on defendant's counsel the costs of transporting...

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