Dade County v. Baker ex rel. Dade County

I respectfully dissent. By its petition for certiorari Dade County sought relief from the burden imposed upon it by the cumulative (felony) sentences for imprisonment of a defendant in the Dade County jail for a period of more than one year, on the ground that the order of the trial court for imprisonment of the defendant in the county jail for a period of two years through cumulative sentences was prohibited by § 922.051 Fla.Stat., F.S.A.

If, however, as the majority held, Dade County was without standing to bring cer-tiorari to review the legality of the sentences in that regard, it would…