FINKELSTEIN v. STATE

No. 90-2964.

574 So.2d 1164 (1991)

Howard L. FINKELSTEIN, Chief Assistant Public Defender, 17TH Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida, the Honorable Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, 17th Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida, and John Fogelman, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, Steven Michaelson and Diane M. Cuddihy, Asst. Public Defenders, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Annabelle Whiting Hall (Licensed to practice law in the State of Nev.) (Not licensed to practice law in the State of Fla.), Reno, Nev., and Michael J. Wrubel, Fort Lauderdale, as amicus curiae, on behalf of Nat. Ass'n of Crim. Defense Lawyers and Broward County Crim. Defense Attys. Ass'n.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioners Howard Finkelstein, Alan H. Schreiber, public defender of Broward County and John Fogelman, defendant in a pending criminal prosecution, sought certiorari review and relief from a trial court ruling removing the court appointed public defender and appointing a substitute special public defender. This court sua sponte removes Judge Robert Carney as the named respondent and substitutes in his place the State of Florida. Also, we grant the petition...

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