SIMMONS v. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER

No. 07-0870.

791 N.W.2d 69 (2010)

Kent A. SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Simmons , Davenport, pro se.

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, for appellee.


APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we are asked to review determinations by the state public defender rejecting the payment of fees to a court-appointed appellate counsel in excess of $1500. In the underlying criminal cases, appellate counsel successfully obtained reversal of the criminal convictions on the ground that the defendants were provided ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. In response to a fee application in each case, the state public defender determined...

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