Revised Local Rule 19
FEES
FOR COURT‑APPOINTED COUNSEL
19 (A) NOW THEREFORE, be it
resolved, that pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 120.33 and 2941.51 the
following plan is adopted for use by all the Courts within Crawford County,
Ohio:
1.
All
counsel eligible for payment under this schedule shall be appointed by a Judge
of the Municipal Court or Common Pleas Court and said appointment shall be
entered by signed journal entry recorded on the Court Docket.
2.
Reimbursement
(payment) for assigned counsel services shall be on the basis of Sixty Dollars
($60.00) per hour for time in court and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per hour for
time out‑of‑court up to the following maximum amounts for the
following offense classifications and other proceedings:
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Trial Level Proceedings |
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Aggravated Murder (w/specs) |
$ 50,000.00 |
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Aggravated Murder (w/o specs) ‑ 1 attorney |
$ 8,000.00 |
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Aggravated Murder (w/o specs) ‑ 2 attorneys |
$ 10,000.00 |
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Murder |
$ 5,000.00 |
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Felony with possible Life Sentence/Repeat Violent
Offender/ Major Drug Offender |
$ 5,000.00 |
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Felonies (degrees 1 –3) |
$ 3,000.00 |
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Felonies (degrees 4 & 5) |
$ 2,500.00 |
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Misdemeanors (degrees 1 – 4) |
$ 1,000.00 |
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Contempt of Court
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$ 300.00 |
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Parole, Probation and all other proceedings not
elsewhere classified |
$ 500.00 |
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Juvenile Proceedings |
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Delinquency |
$ 1,000.00 |
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Guardian Ad Litem |
$ 600.00 |
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Permanent Custody |
$ 1,000.00 |
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All Others |
$ 1,000.00 |
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Post‑Conviction and
Habeas Corpus Proceedings |
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Post-Conviction with evidentiary hearing |
$ 1,500.00 |
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Post-Conviction without hearing |
$ 750.00 |
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Habeas Corpus with evidentiary hearing |
$ 1,500.00 |
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Habeas Corpus without evidentiary hearing |
$ 750.00 |
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Post Conviction and State Habeas Corpus
proceedings involving a death sentence
(2 attorneys) |
$ 12,500.00 |
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Appellate Proceedings |
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Aggravated Murder (death sentenced imposed – 2 attorneys) |
$ 12,500.00 |
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Aggravated Murder (sentence other than death) |
$ 5,000.00 |
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Murder with Life Sentence/Repeat Violent
Offender/Major Drug Offender/Sexually Violent Predator |
$ 3,000.00 |
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Felonies (S.B. 2 & H.B. 1 Appeals) |
$ 1,500.00 |
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Misdemeanors |
$ 1,000.00 |
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Other / Juvenile |
$ 1,000.00 |
3.
Reimbursement (payment) for the entrance of
pleas in all cases will be made on the basis of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per hour
in court and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per hour out‑of‑court up to the
prescribed maximums for each offense classification.
4. Reimbursement (payment) for reasonable
expenses associated with providing representation shall be made when submitted
on the attorney's fee certification and approved by the Court. Expenses
include, but are not limited to, such items as expert witness fees, polygraph
examination costs, long distance phone calls, photocopying, certain travel
expenses and other necessary items as approved in the discretion of the Courts.
5.
Additional reimbursement (payment) shall be
made for extraordinary cases when approved by the Court. Such reimbursement
(payment) shall be made at the rate of Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per hour in court
and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per hour out‑of‑court, whenever a trial
continues beyond the following periods:
Aggravated
Murder 15 days
Murder 10 days
Felonies 5 days
19. (B) The attorney's certificate
when submitted shall include a separate written statement noting that the Court
had allowed extraordinary fees with the specific amount of the fee and the time
involved indicated.
Adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners
January 5, 1989, August 15,
1995 & November 7, 1995, March 28, 2000