COUNTY OF SEMINOLE v. PADILLA

No. 84-1155.

470 So.2d 28 (1985)

COUNTY OF SEMINOLE, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Jose A. PADILLA; State of Florida; James A. Russo, Public Defender; Donald R. West and Mark A. Reyes, Assistant Public Defenders, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nikki Clayton, Co. Atty., and Robert A. McMillan, Deputy Co. Atty., Sanford, for appellant.

Gordon V. Frederick, Sanford, for appellees.


COBB, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Seminole County, timely appeals the trial court's order that Seminole County pay certain travel expenses incurred by the public defender's office. The dispute arose from a criminal proceeding wherein Jose Padilla was charged with first-degree murder and had been declared indigent by the trial court, with the public defender's office appointed as counsel.

On May 15, 1984, the public defenders handling the case filed a motion...

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