Thompson v. Office of the Public Defender of the Ninth Judicial Circuit In & For Orange County

WALKER, GRISSIM H., Associate Judge.

Appellant County Judge upon finding a defendant charged with a violation of section 316.193, Florida Statutes (1979), (driving while under the influence of alcoholic beverages) to be insolvent, appointed the Public Defender of the circuit to represent him. The Public Defender moved the court to allow his office to withdraw on the ground that violations of section 316.193, are neither felonies nor misdemeanors by the express terms of section 775.08(2), Florida Statutes (1979), and that therefore, under section 27.51, Florida Statutes (1979), which defines…