State v. Williams
Annotate this CaseRespondent, a criminal defendant, successfully filed a motion to suppress, which the State appealed. The court of appeals reversed the order granting the motion to suppress. Defendant filed a motion for attorney fees, requesting that his attorney receive $120 per hour for 30.3 hours of work performed on the appeal. The State opposed the motion, contending that the court was required to use the rate of $50 an hour set in a standing order of the district court to that portion of the work defense counsel performed after the order was issued. The court of appeals granted the amount Respondent requested. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, under the circumstances, the court of appeals did not abuse its discretion in awarding Respondent a consistent hourly rate of $120 per hour for attorney fees and awarding him his full attorney-fee request.
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