IN RE N.H.M.

Nos. 16-FS-1289 & 16-FS-1290.

224 A.3d 581 (2020)

IN RE N.H.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Eiswerth , with whom Penelope J. Spain , Virginia A. Seitz , and Edward R. McNicholas were on the brief, for appellant.

Nadia Natasha Seeratan , Jeffrey M. Harris , Michael D. Lieberman , and Matthew D. Rowen were on the brief for amicus curiae, National Juvenile Defender Center, in support of appellant.

Stacy L. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Loren L. AliKhan , Acting Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia, amicus curiae.1

Before Glickman, Thompson, and Easterly, Associate Judges.


At issue in these appeals is the trial court's order appointing counsel for N.H.M. under the Criminal Justice Act ("CJA"), D.C. Code § 11-2601 to -2608 (2012 Repl.), but limiting the scope of counsel's paid representation. Specifically, the trial court determined that counsel could not be compensated for representing...

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