LAW OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENDER v. STATE

No. 4D21-1233.

316 So.3d 375 (2021)

The LAW OFFICE OF the PUBLIC DEFENDER, SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Weekes , Public Defender, and Bernadette Guerra , Assistant Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Picard , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


Having considered the response and reply to this court's order to show cause, the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and the order denying the Public Defender's motion to withdraw is quashed. The circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law in denying the Public Defender's motion to withdraw because the defendant is...

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