COURT-APPOINTED COUNSEL FEES

• NCJ Number: 67920
• Author(s): T SAVAGE; J MILLER
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS SURVEY PROVIDES A GENERALIZED OVERVIEW OF COMPENSATION FOR COUNSEL APPOINTED BY THE COURT, OUTLINING COMPENSATION SCHEDULES AND PRACTICES FOR EACH STATE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Abstract

STATES WITH NO FEE SCHEDULES ARE CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, KENTUCKY, LOUSIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING. STATES WITH NO MAXIMUM FEE RATES ARE ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, FLORIDA, IDAHO, KENTUCKY, LOUSIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH DAKOTA, UTAH, WASHINGTON, AND WISCONSIN. FEE SCHEDULES RANGE FROM $10 TO $40 PER HOUR, WITH MANY STATES SETTING DIFFERENT FEES BY TYPE OF COURT OR CASE. SOME STATES HAVE FEES PER DAY OR MONTH OR EVEN PER CASE. MAXIMUM FEES RANGE FROM $50 FOR A JUVENILE HEARING IN NORTH CAROLINA TO $9,000 IN KANSAS FOR A FELONY TRIAL WITH A SENTENCE OF 25 YEARS OR MORE. STATES WITH PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES ARE ALASKA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, IDAHO, 80 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRIES OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KANSAS, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, A FEW COUNTIES OF OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, 32 COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOME COUNTIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA, 3 COUNTIES OF TENNESSEE, SOME COUNTIES OF TEXAS, UTAH, DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WASHINGTON, AND WYOMING. IOWA PROVIDES NO INFORMATION. (JLF)