For the record: as it currently stands, court appointed attorneys are paid $90 per hour with caps as follows:
misdemeanors & preliminary hearings - $112That's not the amounts which the statute states because the General Assembly has not funded it. As of 01 July 2005 it is supposed to go up a couple dollars.
$148 per appeal of misdemeanors to circuit court
$395 for felonies which max out under 20 years
$1094 for felonies which max over 20 years
Judge's Discretion for capital cases
For further discussion read some of the posts in the right column under Indigent Defense.
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Actually since most DUI's are misdemeanors it would be $112. If the client chose to appeal it to the superior trial court it would add an extra $148. If it was a third offense (a felony) there would be $112 for the preliminary hearing and $395 for the trial.
Most lawyers around here wouldn't charge $2,500 for this sort of offense. It's more along the lines of $1,000 (or less) as opposed to $112. Either way, the percentage of DUI dismissals is very low.
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