ATTORNEY'S FEES AWARDED IN STATE v. BELLAMY

No. 92-0723.

599 So.2d 751 (1992)

In re ATTORNEY'S FEES AWARDED IN STATE of Florida v. William Coy BELLAMY.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory J. Ciklin, Asst. County Atty., West Palm Beach, for petitioner — Bd. of County Com'rs of Palm Beach County.

John A. Garcia of Joseph A. Vassallo, P.A., Lake Worth, for respondent — John A. Garcia.


STONE, Judge.

The county's petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. We quash the March 2, 1992, order compensating the special public defender for his representation of Bellamy on criminal charges punishable by less than a capital or life sentence.

Defense counsel's motion, setting forth the number of hours expended, considered with his testimony that the client was uncooperative thereby requiring extra trips to the jail, is insufficient to support an...

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