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CARR v. DADE COUNTY

No. 39514.

250 So.2d 865 (1971)

Hilton CARR and Honorable Paul Baker, Judge, Criminal Court of Record in and for Dade County, Florida, Petitioners, v. DADE COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Warren, Jr., of Carr & Warren, Miami, for petitioners.

Thomas C. Britton, County Atty., and Joseph D. Kennedy, Asst. County Atty., for respondent.

DEKLE, Justice.

This cause comes to us as a question of great public interest duly certified by the Third District Court of Appeal under Fla. Const. art. V, § 4(2) (1968), F.S.A.

A Criminal Court of Record Judge for Dade County awarded a fee to an attorney whom he had appointed to prosecute two cases which the state attorney could not do because of possible prejudice to defendants. There is no challenge to the propriety of the appointment,

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