Warner v. Holmes County

MINER, Judge.

Timothy Warner and William Warner petition for certiorari review of an order awarding and denying attorney’s fees to court-appointed counsel. See Jenkins v. Escambia County, 614 So.2d 1207 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)(“The proper vehicle for challenging an order awarding attorney’s fees to court-appointed counsel is a petition for certiorari.”). Finding merit in petitioner’s arguments, we grant the petition.1

*613The trial judge originally assigned to this case appointed petitioner Timothy Warner as conflict counsel to represent one of two defendants in a capital case. Shortly thereafter, the…