PUBLIC DEFENDER, 11TH JUD. CIRCUIT v. STATE

Nos. SC09-1181, SC10-1349.

115 So.3d 261 (2013)

PUBLIC DEFENDER, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, et al., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, et al., Respondent. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al., Petitioner, v. State of Florida, et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker D. Thomson , Julie E. Nevins , and Laura Besvinick , of Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Miami, FL, for Petitioners.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Ronald Lathan , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL; Richard L. Polin , Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

H. Scott Fingerhut , Chair-Elect, Miami, FL, and George E. Tragos , Member, Executive Council, Clearwater, FL, for Amicus Curiae The Criminal Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Gene Zenobi , Regional Counsel, and Philip Louis Reizenstein , Assistant Regional Counsel, Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Criminal Conflict And Civil Regional Counsel, Third Region of Florida.

Michael Ufferman , Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Tallahassee, Florida, and Sonya Rudenstine , Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Center for Ethics and Public Service of the Miami School of Law, the Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Brennan Center for Justice, and the Constitution Project.

William T. Robinson III , President, and Steven L. Brannock and Celene H. Humphries , Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae The American Bar Association.

Elliot H. Scherker , and Julissa Rodriguez , of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, and Karen M. Gottlieb , Coconut Grove, FL, for Amicus Curiae Harry Lee Anstead, Robert A. Butterworth, Henry M. Coxe, III, Talbot D'Alemberte, Phillip A. Hubbart, Bruce R. Jacob, Gerald Kogan, John A. Reed, Jr., Leander J. Shaw, Jr., Larry Gibbs Turner and Stephen N. Zack.

Nancy Daniels , President, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae The Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.

Arthur Ivan Jacobs , General Counsel, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Fernandina Beach, Florida, Penny Hershoff Brill , Assistant State Attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami Florida, William N. Meggs , Florida State Director, National District Attorneys Association, Tallahassee, Florida, Scott Burns , Executive Director, National District Attorneys Association, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae The Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.


QUINCE, J.

This matter is before the Court for review of the decisions of the Third District Court of Appeal in State v. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 12 So.3d 798 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009), and State v. Bowens, 39 So.3d 479 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).1 We accepted review in Public Defender because the decision directly affects a class of constitutional...

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