MAKEMSON v. MARTIN COUNTY

No. 66780.

491 So.2d 1109 (1986)

Robert MAKEMSON, et al., Petitioners, v. MARTIN COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Makemson and Robert G. Udell, in pro. per.

Michael H. Olenick, County Atty., Stuart, for respondent.

Michael Zelman, Miami, for Florida Criminal Defense Attys. Ass'n and Nat. Legal Aid and Defender Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., and Eric K. Gressman, Asst. County Atty., Miami, for Metropolitan Dade County, amicus curiae.


ADKINS, Justice.

In Martin County v. Makemson, 464 So.2d 1281 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), the Fourth District quashed the trial court's order declaring unconstitutional section 925.036, Florida Statutes (1981), and allowing petitioners to be compensated for their representation of an indigent criminal defendant in amounts exceeding the statutory maximum fees. The district court, while upholding the statute's validity, noted that...

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