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MURPHY v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY

No. II-16.

358 So.2d 903 (1978)

J.B. MURPHY, Jr., Appellant, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 19, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Beroset, of Murphy & Beroset, Pensacola, for appellant.

John W. Fleming and Patricia D. Wheeler, Pensacola, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant disputes here the reasonableness of a fee he received for his services as a court-appointed attorney to a criminal defendant charged with first degree murder in Escambia County. Appellant testified that he spent 51 1/2 hours in the representation of the client; and that his efforts produced a nolle prosequi of the charge against the defendant. Appellant's experts, after reviewing the file on the case, estimated a reasonable fee to be between...

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