Re: Reasonable fee for apparent slam dunk

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About $5000 more than what you think is fair.

On 5/27/08, Michael Collins wrote:
> I was accused in 11/2002 by the Kirkland WA. Police
> department of theft. The detective told me that if I left
> the state of Washington the case would never go forward.
>
> I was formally charged without my knowledge in Aug 2004
> and of course there is a warrent for Theft I in King
> County Washington Superior Court...
>
> My accuser since then is facing a 7+ Felony count
> indictment by the US govt and is awaiting trial. In the
> indictment is clearly states that "As defendant xxxx xxxx
> knew, all of the documents described in
> paragraph 5 were false and fraudulent because he
> instructed defendant yyyyyy to create
> those documents using false information supplied by
> defendant xxxx. As defendant xxxxx
> further knew, defendant yyyy created each of the false
> documents using a personal computer at
> company xyz."
>
> What is a reasonable fee for an atty to present all this
> to the prosecutor's office and get this dropped?