Affirmed in part, and reversed and remanded in part.
JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:
On November 27, 1979, defendant Margaret Ann Kinion, an accountant for the City of Rock Island, was indicted for 63 counts of felony theft. For an initially proposed fee of $20,000, petitioner Braud, Warner, Neppl, and Westensee, Ltd., a Rock Island law firm, agreed to represent her in the criminal action. As defendant lacked sufficient funds, she gave...
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