CRIST v. FL. ASS'N OF CRIM. DEFENSE LAWYERS

No. SC08-02.

978 So.2d 134 (2008)

Charles J. CRIST, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, and Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellants.

Sonya Rudenstine, Gainesville, Florida, and D. Todd Doss, Lake City, Florida, for Appellee.


PARIENTE, J.

The issue in this case is whether the Legislature violated article V, section 18 of the Florida Constitution by enacting chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, which creates five Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel to handle representation in criminal cases where a public defender has a conflict. We conclude that the creation of the five regional offices to handle representation in criminal cases where a public defender has a conflict does...

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