McDONNELL v. HASSE

No. 88-02980.

553 So.2d 717 (1989)

Michael R.N. McDONNELL, Appellant, v. Max HASSE, Ann Goodnight, Burt Saunders, John Pistor, and Arnold Glass, As Members of the Board of Commissioners of Collier County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R.N. McDonnell of McDonnell Trial Lawyers, Naples, for appellant.

David C. Weigel, Naples, for appellees.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant sought a writ of mandamus to compel Collier County to pay him $12,884.63 in costs incurred while serving as defense counsel to Steven Benson, who was convicted of murder. The trial court denied his petition. We reverse.

On December 4, 1985, the trial court declared Benson, then on trial for the murder of various members of his family, to be partially indigent. Two months later, the trial court rescinded Benson's partial...

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