OLIVE v. MAAS

No. SC00-317.

811 So.2d 644 (2002)

Mark Evan OLIVE, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Roger MAAS, in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Commission on the Administration of Justice in Capital Cases, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Hanlon and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL; and Robert J. Shapiro of Holland & Knight, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Michael Pearce Dodson, General Counsel, Office of Legislative Services, Tallahassee, FL; and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Robert Augustus Harper of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


LEWIS, J.

We have for review a final judgment of a Leon County trial court certified by the First District Court of Appeal as being of great public importance and requiring immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const.

FACTS

Mark Evan Olive is a Florida attorney who routinely represents defendants on death row in postconviction proceedings. Pursuant to section 27.710, Florida Statutes (Supp...

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