PER CURIAM.
This is a petition for writ of certiorari initiated by the Public Defender of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, who seeks to quash an order entered by respondent appointing the public defender as counsel in an indirect criminal contempt proceeding. The issue presented is whether there exists statutory authority for the public defender to represent indigent persons in such proceedings.
The alleged contemner was arrested for violating a protective injunction...
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