Instructions For Court Appointed Counsel Misdemeanor/Traffic Appointment of Counsel Procedures
- Disposition by acquittal, dismissal, diversion or plea/trial and sentencing.
- As to probation, parole or suspended sentence revocations, the conclusion of the hearing on the revocation and any motion to reinstate made at that time. Your appointment does not automatically continue to include sentence modification or reinstatement issues unless specifically so ordered by the court.
- If a failure to appear occurs, your appointment will terminate after 30 days have passed without the arrest or surrender of your client.
5. Be prepared to submit your voucher in the form of copies 2 and 3 of the appointment order at the time of the final hearing. If circumstances prevent this, it must be submitted within 10 days or YOUR SERVICES MAY BE DEEMED PRO BONO.
6. Submission of the voucher is as follows: Copy 2 and 3 go directly to the Office of the Court Administrator. Copy 4 is retained by you.
7. Unless the case is deemed to be an exceptional case, you will be paid according to the 'Court Appointment Fee Schedule '
8. The above fees include ordinary expenses such as mileage, phone, postage etc. Extraordinary expenses (long distance, collect calls, expert witnesses etc.) must be approved by the court.
9. Exceptional fees and extraordinary expenses must be approved by court order and attached to your voucher.