FERRIS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (50 total)

• State v. Schreiber, 561 So. 2d 1236 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)
  …DCA 1987). Also, as petitioner points out, a public defender’s authority is narrowly limited to representing indigent criminal defendants. § 27.51, Fla.Stat. (1989). See also State ex rel. Smith v. Brummer, 426 So. 2d 532 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 823, 104 S.Ct. 90, 78 L.Ed.2d 97 (1983). The public defender is not authorized to act as a party in an action, or to undertake the representation of a class. Id. Accordingly, the public defender had no authority to “settle” the contempt action, no autho…
• Elvin L. Martinez v. Martinez, 545 So. 2d 1338 (Fla. 1989)
  …1, 8, 194 So. 225, 228 (1940). Compare, e.g., State ex rel. Smith v. Brummer, 426 So. 2d 532 (Fla.1982) (quo warranto issued because public defender did not have authority to file class action on behalf of juveniles in federal court), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 823, 104 S.Ct. 90, 78 L.Ed.2d 97 (1983); Orange County v. City of Orlando, 327 So. 2d 7 (Fla.1976) (legality of city’s actions regarding annexation ordinances can be inquired into through quo warranto); Austin v. State ex rel. Christian, 310 So. 2d 289…
• State of Fla. ex rel. Jim Smith v. Jorandby, 498 So. 2d 948 (Fla. 1986)
  …e-appointed counsel could not continue their representation and seek federal relief. Their professional responsibility may dictate this action.... Id. at 1365. In State ex rel. Smith v. Brummer, 426 So. 2d 532 (Fla.1982) (Brummer I), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 823, 104 S.Ct. 90, 78 L.Ed.2d 97 (1983), this Court considered the public defender’s authority to bring a class action suit in federal court. Citing Graham v. State, we held that the public defender had no such authority. We com- [*950] merited that the…