Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1355.13: Death penalty cases - Compensation of court-appointed

attorneys.

A. In every case in which the defendant is subject to the death

penalty and an attorney or attorneys other than an attorney or

attorneys employed by the Indigent Defense System are assigned to

the case by the System to provide representation, an attorney must

submit a claim in accordance with the provisions of the Indigent

Defense Act in such detail as required by the System. Except as

provided in subsection B of this section, total compensation for

non-System attorneys who serve as lead counsel in capital cases

shall not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per case.

Total compensation for a non-System attorney who is co-counsel with

a System or non-System attorney in a capital case shall not exceed

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per case.

B. The maximum statutory fee established in this section may be

exceeded only upon a determination made by the Executive Director

and approved by the Board that the case is an exceptional one which

requires an extraordinary amount of time to litigate, and that the

request for extraordinary attorney fees is reasonable.