HAUGHWOUT v. MELLOR

No. 4D04-415.

870 So.2d 895 (2004)

Carey HAUGHWOUT, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Petitioner, v. Ronald F. MELLOR, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Margaret Good-Earnest, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Ronald F. Mellor, West Palm Beach, pro se.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari challenging the lower court's order requiring the Public Defender to represent a non-indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding. Certiorari is the appropriate relief. See Brevard County v. State, 516 So.2d 968 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987) (certiorari relief granted when trial court required the county to pay for private counsel when the accused was solvent), rev. denied, 528...

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