Court Opinion

ID: 9707464
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:12:23.745569+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:33.265037
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Adams, J.
(dissenting). I agree with Justice Black that this case should be remanded to the circuit court with instruction that it ascertain and order paid a reasonable fee for the services rendered by Attorney Meizlish. Neither the compensation provided for by Wayne Circuit Court Rule 14A3 or by the State Bar Minimum Fee Schedule is a satisfactory solution to the problem here posed. Until there is a statewide, adequate system for providing counsel for indigent defendants, responsibility for setting counsel’s fees should be left with the judge who hears the case and is in a position to determine and set an adequate fee for the services performed.