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SCHWARZ v. CIANCA

No. 4-86-1700.

495 So.2d 1208 (1986)

Elton H. SCHWARZ, Public Defender for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Marc A. CIANCA, County and Acting Circuit Judge, in and for Martin County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearings Denied November 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elton H. Schwarz, Public Defender, Stuart, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Robert S. Jaegers and Amy L. Diem, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Noreen S. Dreyer, Co. Atty., for amicus curiae Martin County.

Daniel S. McIntyre, Co. Atty., Fort Pierce, for amicus curiae St. Lucie County.

Howard H. Babb, Jr., Public Defender, Tavares, Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for amicus curiae Florida Public Defenders Ass'n, Inc.

Michael Egan of Roberts, Egan & Routa, P.A., Tallahassee, for amicus curiae State Ass'n of County Com'rs.

PER CURIAM.

This matter is before us upon an application for extraordinary relief. We treat the application as a petition for writ of certiorari, grant the writ, and to the extent set out below, quash the order of the trial court.

The petitioner, Elton H. Schwarz, the public defender for the judicial circuit which includes Martin County, sought to withdraw as counsel from certain pending juvenile and misdemeanor cases in Martin County as well as all future...

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