Metropolitan Dade County v. Lyons

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a trial court order directing Metropolitan Dade County to compensate a court-appointed counsel in a criminal case. We have jurisdiction to entertain this petition. Art. V, § 4(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Dade County v. Goldstein, 384 So.2d 183 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Dade County v. Grossman, 354 So.2d 131 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Dade County v. McCrary, 260 So.2d 543 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972); Dade County v. Strauss, 246 So.2d 137 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 253 So.2d 864 (Fla.1971), cert. denied, 406 U.S. 924, 92 S.Ct. 1793, 32 L.Ed.2d 125 (1972).

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