COUNTY OF SEMINOLE v. WADDELL

No. 79-424.

382 So.2d 357 (1980)

COUNTY OF SEMINOLE, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Tom WADDELL, Jr., Circuit Judge in and for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Mark P. Rabinowitz and W.J. Heffernan, Jr., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nikki Clayton, County Atty., Sanford, for petitioner.

Andrew A. Graham, of Reinman, Harrell, Silberhorn, Moule & Boyd, P.A., Altamonte Springs, for respondents.


COBB, Judge.

On October 2, 1978, the trial court appointed the Respondents Rabinowitz and Heffernan to represent one Terry Melvin Sims on a charge of first degree murder. At the conclusion of their representation, the trial court awarded them a joint fee of $17,500.00, which Seminole County now challenges via certiorari review. The petitioner has standing to do so. MacKenzie v. Hillsborough County, 288 So.2d 200 (Fla. 1973...

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