The proceedings have been stayed pending the resolution of the instant petition for mandamus. See In re State ex rel. Wice, No. WR-86,920-02, 2017 WL 4276108 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 25, 2017) (per curiam). Effective January 22, 2016, Local Rule 4.01B was amended to specify that "[t]he judge presiding over a case may authorize payment to appointed counsel that varies from the fee schedule in unusual circumstances..."

The proceedings have been stayed pending the resolution of the instant petition for mandamus. See In re State ex rel. Wice, No. WR-86,920-02, 2017 WL 4276108 (Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 25, 2017) (per curiam). The administrative judge agreed to pay the special prosecutors under a fee schedule created by the district judges of Collin County that was described in the Local Rule 4.