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CITY OF SWEETWATER v. ALVAREZ

No. 3D07-1486.

14 So.3d 1210 (2009)

CITY OF SWEETWATER, Appellant, v. George I. ALVAREZ and Allen St. Germain, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ventura, for appellant.

Hartman and Cornely and Douglas Cole Hartman; Jorden Burt, Janice Burton Sharpstein and Ari H. Gerstin, for appellees.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and SHEPHERD and LAGOA, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

I. Introduction

The City of Sweetwater appeals a statutory award of attorney fees to counsel for two of its police officers for services rendered in obtaining the officers' acquittal on charges of felony battery and official misconduct in connection with an arrest made in the line of duty. The City challenges the award by arguing that the officers failed to first request representation from the City before hiring their own counsel. We agree...

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