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IN RE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S CERTIFICATION

Nos. 92636, 92534.

709 So.2d 101 (1998)

In re PUBLIC DEFENDER'S CERTIFICATION OF CONFLICT AND MOTION TO WITHDRAW DUE TO EXCESSIVE CASELOAD AND MOTION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Chief, Appeals Division, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for Petitioner in No. 92636.

Teddy N. Williams, Jr., County Attorney, and Paul G. Bangel, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Bradenton, for Manatee County, Amicus Curiae.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Robert J. Krauss, Chief of Criminal Law, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Petitioner in No. 92534.

William J. Roberts of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, Thomas J. Wilkes, President, Florida Association of County Attorneys, Inc. Orlando, and Suzanne T. Smith, Senior Assistant County Attorney for Pinellas County, Clearwater, for the Florida Association of Counties, Florida Association of County Attorneys, Inc. and Pinellas County, Amicus Curiae.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review an en banc order of the Second District Court of Appeal which addresses the problem of "hundreds of delinquent cases involving indigent defendants who are not receiving timely appellate review." In re Public Defender's Certification of Conflict and Motion to Withdraw due to Excessive Case Load and Motion for Writ of Mandamus, ___ So.2d ___, ___, slip op. at 3 (Fla. 2d DCA Feb. 13,1998).

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