Dade County v. Baker

The petitioner, who was not a party before the criminal court of record, seeks review of an ex parte order entered by the Honorable Paul Baker, a judge of said court, adjudicating the County liable for funeral expenses as a result of the death of one Michael Robertson in the Dade County Jail. Said order reads as follows:

*584“THIS CAUSE, having come on to be heard upon the request of the family of Mich<?al Robertson, for costs to be assessed against Dade County, Florida for burial expenses regarding the death of Micheál Robertson and it appearing to the Court that said death occurred in the Dade…