Rubin v. Dade County

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The petitioner Rubin, an attorney, represented without fee an indigent named Lay-field, who was charged with first degree murder. The trial court declared Layfield indigent for costs with a cap of $750.00. Rubin expended a sum in excess of that amount1 before Layfield pied guilty to *138second degree murder and aggravated battery in September, 1979. Rubin did not move for an order of reimbursement, however, until April, 1981. In the order now under review, the trial court denied the application on the sole ground that it was untimely filed. We treat the present appeal as a…