GARNER v. STATE

No. 81-2321.

445 So.2d 413 (1984)

Ray Sam GARNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elton H. Schwarz, Public Defender, and Clifford H. Barnes, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Pierce, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

At issue is whether the trial court erred in denying the public defender's motion to tax as costs two experts' fees incurred by counsel on behalf of his indigent client without prior permission of the trial court.

It appears that the two witnesses were expert and were useful to the defense. This is no challenge to the reasonableness of their fees. The State's position is simply that the public defender's motion should be denied because no prior...

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