STATE v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF GLADES CTY.

No. 78-1855.

370 So.2d 1214 (1979)

STATE of Florida, As a Party and for the Benefit of Dr. Lawrence Hughes, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GLADES COUNTY, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. D'Alessandro, State's Atty. and Marshall King Hall, Asst. State Atty., Fort Myers, for petitioner.

James C. Fountain, County Atty., Moore Haven, for respondent.

J.E. Hodges, Gainesville, for amicus curiae Medical Examiners' Commission.


DANAHY, Judge.

On behalf of Dr. Lawrence Hughes, an Associate Medical Examiner, the state petitions for writ of certiorari to review the lower court's order denying the state's motion to tax Hughes' expert witness fee as costs against Glades County in the criminal case, State v. Lonnie Lee White. We grant the writ and quash the order.

Lonnie Lee White, an indigent, was charged with committing manslaughter by automobile while intoxicated in Glades County...

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