State Ex Rel. Smith v. Jorandby

498 So.2d 948 (1986)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Jim SMITH, etc., Petitioner,

v.

Richard JORANDBY, etc., et al., Respondents.

No. 68141.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 18, 1986.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Shirley A. Walker and Jason Vail, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; Craig S. Barnard, Chief Asst. Public Defender and Richard H. Burr III, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for respondents.

OVERTON, Justice.

The attorney general petitions this Court for a writ of quo warranto prohibiting assistant public defenders…