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DATE: TUESDAY, May 22, 1990                   TAG: 9005220237
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: MIAMI                                LENGTH: Short

U.S. TO PAY NORIEGA'S ATTORNEYS

Manuel Noriega's defense attorneys will be paid millions in public funds to defend the deposed Panamanian strongman because his estimated $20 million in personal assets remains frozen in foreign bank accounts, the government determined Monday.

Noriega's four defense attorneys are likely to be awarded fees of several hundred dollars an hour each, with the total bill expected to run into the millions. The defense has already incurred $1 million in expenses, including investigators, translators, computer specialists and paralegals, a defense attorney said.

The unusual payment plan, which some lawyers said they believed was unique, was approved by U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler after Noriega's lawyers complained that he has been unable to pay them since January.

- Los Angeles Times 


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