SAMAHA v. STATE

No. 58015.

389 So.2d 639 (1980)

John N. SAMAHA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Robert Ohle, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and James S. Purdy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


McDONALD, Justice.

John N. Samaha, an attorney, assails the constitutionality of section 440.34(5)(a), Florida Statutes (1977).1 Art. V., § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. (1972). He was charged under that statute as a result of extracting a $5,000 fee from a workmen's compensation claimant when the said fee was not approved by the judge of industrial claims. After timely raising the claim that the...

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