Zelman v. Metropolitan Dade County

Michael Zelman petitions for a writ of certiorari to review an award of attorney’s fees for his court appointed appellate representation of a defendant in a capital case. The award was made on remand from this court’s decision in Zelman v. Metropolitan Dade County, 586 So.2d 1286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).1

At the time this case was previously before us, the circuit court’s administrative order did not establish a specific hourly rate for capital appeals in court appointed cases. In the absence of an express hourly rate, we remanded for a new hearing to set a reasonable hourly rate using the factors…