LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A court-appointed lawyer has won his appeal for full payment of fees he earned while representing a man accused of theft and unauthorized practice of law in Lancaster County.

On Tuesday the Nebraska Appeals Court sent Bernard Glaser’s case back to a district court with an order to grant his application for fees earned by more than 250 hours of work representing Clinton Brooks Jr., who was convicted.

Records say the district court, in deciding to pay Glaser for 100 hours, relied on a list of fees paid court-appointed lawyers in other cases. The state presented no evidence.

The Appeals Court says Glaser’s billing for more than 250 hours was reasonable and that the district court should not have relied on the list of fees paid in other cases.