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PEOPLE v. ASHFORD

Nos. 5-86-0481, 5-86-0482 cons.

162 Ill. App.3d 212 (1987)

514 N.E.2d 1213

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. ANTHONY ASHFORD, Defendant (The Department of Corrections, Appellant; William A. Schuwerk, Jr., Appellee). — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. CORDELL HILL, Defendant (The Department of Corrections, Appellant; William A. Schuwerk, Jr., Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied November 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Donald R. Zoufal and James L. Harper, Jr., Special Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., of Schuwerk, Schuwerk & Arbeiter, of Chester, appellee pro se.

Order affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

The State appeals from the circuit court of Randolph County's order granting attorney William A. Schuwerk, Jr., $60 per hour for his work in the consolidated causes of People v. Hill and People v. Ashford. The State raises the issue of whether the $60 per hour is a reasonable attorney's fee for the defense of indigent criminal defendants in these...

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