RUBIN v. DADE COUNTY

No. 81-1194.

413 So.2d 137 (1982)

Ellis RUBIN, Petitioner, v. DADE COUNTY, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Rubin, Miami, David R. Mankin, Hollywood, and Steven Abramowitz, Miami, for petitioner.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., and James A. Jurkowski, Asst. County Atty., for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ., and PEARSON, TILLMAN, (Ret.), Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The petitioner Rubin, an attorney, represented without fee an indigent named Layfield, who was charged with first degree murder. The trial court declared Layfield indigent for costs with a cap of $750.00. Rubin expended a sum in excess of that amount1 before Layfield pled guilty to second degree murder and aggravated battery in September, 1979. Rubin did not move for an order...

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