People v. Vargas

• Court: Colorado Court of Appeals
• Writing for the Court: ENOCH
• Citation: People v. Vargas, 679 P.2d 1088 (Colo. App. 1983)
• Decision Date: 04 August 1983
• Docket Number: 82CA1059
• Parties: The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe VARGAS, a/k/a Monkey, a/k/a Chongo, a/k/a Cricket, a/k/a Grillo, a/k/a Manuel Gonzales Garcia, Defendant, and John P. Gascoyne and David Bye, Appellants. . I

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The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe VARGAS, a/k/a Monkey, a/k/a Chongo, a/k/a Cricket, a/k/a Grillo, a/k/a Manuel Gonzales Garcia, Defendant and John P. Gascoyne and David Bye, Appellants.

No. 82CA1059.

Colorado Court of Appeals Div. I.

Aug. 4, 1983.

Rehearing Denied Sept. 1, 1983.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, Dolores S. Atencio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bye, Gascoyne & Aylward, John P. Gascoyne, David Bye, Fort Collins, for appellants.

ENOCH, Chief Judge.

Attorneys for defendant appeal an order of the trial court denying the attorneys' request for increased attorney fees incurred in connection with their representation of defendant. We dismiss the appeal.

Defendant Vargas was charged by information with first degree murder on April 24, 1981. On May 5, 1981, attorneys Bye and Gascoyne were appointed as co-counsel by the trial court to represent him. On February 1, 1982, and before the matter had proceeded to trial, the information against defendant was dismissed on motion of the district attorney because of newly discovered evidence. Bye and Gascoyne then filed their motions for payment of attorney fees. On April 19, 1982, the trial court awarded Bye $3,000, and Gascoyne $1,000 for their services. Claiming that the court award of attorney fees was significantly less than the actual amount due to them because of the time put into the case, the attorneys filed a motion on May 4, 1982, to reconsider or modify the court's order for attorney fees. The trial court denied the motion and this...