BEHR v. BELL

No. 85024.

665 So.2d 1055 (1996)

Jack BEHR, Petitioner, v. Frank L. BELL, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 4, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Behr, Public Defender and Earl D. Loveless, Chief Assistant Public Defender, First Judicial Circuit, Pensacola, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


GRIMES, Chief Justice.

We review Behr v. Bell, 646 So.2d 837 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), in which the court held that a public defender could be required to serve as "standby counsel" for an indigent, self-representing defendant. Because the decision affects public defenders, a class of constitutional officers, we have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

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