WILLIAMS

v.

MARLBORO STATE HOSPITAL ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (46 total)

• Lancelot Armstrong v. State, 642 So. 2d 730 (Fla. 1994)
  …resent an indigent defendant is within the discretion of the trial judge and is based on a determination of the complexity of a given case and the attorney’s effectiveness therein. Makemson v. Martin County, 491 So. 2d 1109 (Fla.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1043, 107 S.Ct. 908, 93 L.Ed.2d 857 (1987). We note that, in making his request for co-counsel, Armstrong stated that additional counsel was needed to ensure that the case was properly investigated and to allow one counsel to represent him during the gu…
• State v. Stalder, 630 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 1994)
  …to the meaning of the statute in order to render the statute constitutional.” Metropolitan Dade County v. Bridges, 402 So. 2d 411, 414 (Fla.1981), receded from on other grounds by Makemson v. Martin County, 491 So. 2d 1109 (Fla.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1043, 107 S.Ct. 908, 93 L.Ed.2d 857 (1987). The majority has impermissibly narrowed section 775.-085 and now puts its own legislative gloss on the statute. The Legislature could easily rewrite this statute in a constitutional manner. This would respect…
• In re Order on Prosecution of Criminal Appeals by the Tenth Judicial Circuit Public Defender, 561 So. 2d 1130 (Fla. 1990)
  …d so “that an attorney who has served the public by defending the accused is not compensated in an amount which is confiscatory of his or her time, energy and talents.” Makemson v. Martin County, 491 So. 2d 1109, 1112, 1115 (Fla.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1043, 107 S.Ct. 908, 93 L.Ed.2d 857 (1987). . We also believe it would be helpful for the legislature to fund a commission to examine the funding formula for the public defenders and state attorneys to determine if it accurately reflects the needs of th…