Beers v. Palm Beach County

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

Petitioner challenges an order granting him attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,500 for his representation of an insolvent criminal defendant. Before addressing the merits, we note that the style of the case has been changed on our own motion.1

On June 5,1980, the trial court appointed petitioner, a private lawyer, to represent Dale Warman, a criminal defendant charged in seven separate informations with the crimes of robbery. Each information charged an unarmed robbery pursuant to section 812.13(2Xc), Florida Statutes (1979). In January of 1981 Warman entered a plea of…