HILLSBOROUGH CTY. COM'RS v. FERLITA

No. 87-3396.

521 So.2d 277 (1988)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Florida, Petitioner, v. Angelo M. FERLITA, Esquire, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Hinds, Asst. Co. Atty., Tampa, for petitioner.

Angelo M. Ferlita of Ferlita, Nutter & Rosello, P.A., Tampa, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Angelo M. Ferlita was appointed by the trial court to represent an indigent defendant charged with first-degree murder and robbery. The court awarded him $27,475 attorney's fees to be paid by Hillsborough County. The County seeks a writ of certiorari to quash the order.

The trial court's award was in disregard of section 925.036, Florida Statutes (1985), and the hourly rate for calculating fees for appointed counsel established by the chief judge...

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