STATE PUB. DEFENDER v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 98-1005.

629 N.W.2d 82 (2001)

STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JONES, LEE, AND HENRY COUNTIES, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Becker, State Public Defender, and Mark C. Smith, First Assistant State Public Defender, for plaintiff.

Philip B. Mears, Iowa City, for defendant.

Considered en banc.


CARTER, Justice.

In these consolidated original certiorari actions, the State Public Defender challenges the district courts' allowance of court-appointed-counsel fees in several postconviction actions brought under Iowa Code section 822.2(6) (1997). After reviewing the record and considering the arguments presented, we annul the writs of certiorari.

The question presented is entirely one of statutory interpretation. Each of the attorney-fee applications at...

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