Hillsborough County v. Sinardi

FRANK, Judge.

Hillsborough County has appealed from an order of the circuit court granting Nick J. Sinardi $5,500 for his services as a court-appointed attorney. A fee award to appointed counsel is properly challenged by petition for certiorari rather than by appeal. Schommer v. Bentley, 489 So.2d 40 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). Accordingly, we treat this appeal as a petition for certiorari and grant the petition.

At the conclusion of his representation of Anthony J. Harris, Jr., in a capital *484felony case attorney Sinardi moved for a fee in excess of the $3,500 amount set by section 925.036(2)(d) Florida…