ATCHISON v. SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

No. 22873.

676 N.W.2d 814 (2004)

2004 SD 20

Rena M. ATCHISON, Petitioner, v. CIRCUIT COURT for the SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rena M. Atchison, Rapid City, South Dakota, Pro se petitioner.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Jeffrey P. Hallem, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent.


MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The trial court appointed Rena Atchison, attorney at law, to represent an indigent defendant charged with one count of child rape and three counts of sexual contact with a child.1 Atchison submitted vouchers for her fee of $13,299.50. Judge Tice, who presided in the criminal case, reduced the fee by a total of approximately $4,100.00. Atchison requested an explanation for the reductions, to which the judge...

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