Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Metropolitan Dade County
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 26, 1987No. 66731PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
507 So.2d 588 (1987)
Marsha L. LYONS, et al., Petitioners,
v.
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Respondent.
No. 66731.
Supreme Court of Florida.
March 26, 1987.
Rehearing Denied June 18, 1987.
Marsha L. Lyons, of Lyons and Farrar, P.A., Miami, for petitioners.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade Co. Atty., and Eric K. Gressman, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, for respondent.
ADKINS (Ret.), Justice.
Marsha Lyons was appointed to defend indigent Robert Patton against three indictments, one for the first-degree murder of a policeman. At the conclusion of the representation, a Dade County Circuit Court judge awarded Ms. Lyons $25,000…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Makemson v. Martin CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Schommer v. BentleySupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Metropolitan Dade County v. LyonsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
- State v. KruseSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
3Cited by8 opinions
- Bottoson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
- Remeta v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
- Board of County Commissioners v. LopezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Metropolitan Dade County v. GoldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- White v. BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RSDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
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