ROGER SMITH, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Nicholas G. Schommer and James v. Lobozzo, Jr., 489 So. 2d 40 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)
  …and James Lobozzo appeal a final order for payment of attorney’s fees and costs. The proper procedure for challenging an order awarding attorney’s fees to court appointed counsel is by petition for certiorari, not appeal. Beers v. Palm Beach County, 415 So. 2d 846, 847, n. 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). Therefore, we treat this appeal as a petition for certiorari. Certiorari denied. In September of 1984, the trial judge appointed Nicholas G. Schommer as a special public defender to represent a defendant in a capital…
• Monroe Cnty. v. Garcia, 695 So. 2d 823 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …y to ensure effective representation. However, we find that the trial court’s order departs from the essential requirements of law. First, Garcia did not show that the number of hours spent on the ease was reasonable. See Beers v. Palm Beach County, 415 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); Dade County v. Goldstein, 384 So. 2d 183, 188 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). Second, the court did not provide the hourly rate set in Monroe County for court-appointed defense counsel, see Metropolitan Dade County v. Gold, 509 So. 2d 407 (…
• Weinstein v. Palm Beach Cnty., 588 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991)
  …resentation of an insolvent criminal defendant. We note first that a petition for certiorari is the appropriate method for seeking review of an order awarding counsel fees to a court appointed attorney in a criminal case. Beers v. Palm Beach County, 415 So. 2d 846 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). Although the order under review makes reference to the fixed hourly rate for court-appointed counsel in the circuit, it does not include the court’s finding regarding the reasonable number of hours expended by Mr. Weinstein in…

Authorities Cited

• Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (U.S. 1967)