BILLY JOHN MARTIN, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Fletcher v. Just. Admin. Comm'n, 109 So. 3d 1271 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013)
  …finding as to the reasonable number of hours expended by counsel in the ease before it can determine whether a fee award would be confiscatory. Kelly v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 99 So. 3d 627, 628 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012); Hilliard v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 98 So. 3d 1288, 1289 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012); Zelman v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 78 So. 3d 105, 107 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). In this case, the trial court never made any findings regarding the reasonable number of hours expended by Petitioner when it determined that $35,000…
• Martin v. Just. Admin. Comm'n, 127 So. 3d 1281 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013)
  …2)(d), Fla. Stat. (2012). To do so, the chief judge must first make a finding as to the reasonableness of the hours expended. Fletcher v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 109 So. 3d 1271, 1272 (Fla. 1st DCA 20.13) (citing to Hilliard v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 98 So. 3d 1288, 1289 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) and Zelman v. Justice Admin. Comm’n, 78 So. 3d 105, 107 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)). After doing so, the court can determine whether the statutory fee award is confiscatory. Fletcher, 109 So. 3d at 1272. Here, the trial court fail…