County of Seminole v. Padilla

COBB, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Seminole County, timely appeals the trial court’s order that Seminole County pay certain travel expenses incurred by the public defender’s office. The dispute arose from a criminal proceeding wherein Jose Padilla was charged with first-degree murder and had been declared indigent by the trial court, with the public defender’s office appointed as counsel.

On May 15, 1984, the public defenders handling the case filed a motion to authorize the expenditure of public funds for the purpose of discovery. This motion requested that the court authorize the expenditure…