THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 87-2197.

525 So.2d 1011 (1988)

Kevin THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Essen & Essen and Ronald A. Dion, North Miami Beach, and Alan T. Lipson, Miami, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Fariba N. Komeily, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert A. Ginsburg, Co. Atty. and Hugo Benitez, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Before HUBBART and BASKIN and PEARSON, DANIEL S., JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a criminal defendant seeking review of trial court orders denying the defendant's motion to declare him insolvent for costs and appointing the public defender to represent him below as co-counsel with private counsel retained by his family. We grant the petition and quash the orders under review based on the following briefly stated legal analysis.

First, the defendant, who was adjudged insolvent...

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