P. v. Harris CA3
A jury found defendant Chester Leon Harris, Jr., guilty on two counts of committing a lewd act on a 14-year-old child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (c)(1); counts 4 & 5) and two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (§ 261.5, subd. (d); counts 7 & 8), his stepdaughter. Nearly two months after the trial, Eric Alan Berg of Eric Alan Berg & Associates, Inc., filed a motion seeking a court appointment at the county’s expense at his “customary hourly billing rate” to represent defendant post-conviction, claiming that defendant did not have funds to retain him. Berg had initially represented defendant in the case, prior to the appointment of the public defender. After the post-trial motion for court appointment was denied, defendant substituted in Berg as retained counsel in place of the public defender.
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