Supreme Court of Florida

By accepting an appointment as a registry attorney in Florida for death penalty cases, the attorney is not foreclosed from seeking compensation if it can be shown that, given the facts and circumstances of a particular case, compensation within the statutory schedule may be less than appropriate, but restrictions under Section 27.711(10) of Florida Statutes (2000) against repetitive, frivolous or successive claims are not unethical.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2002
• Published 02/14/2002

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Augustus Harper of Robert Augustus Harper Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen F. Hanlon and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL;  and Robert J. Shapiro of Holland & Knight, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee., Michael Pearce Dodson, General Counsel, Office of Legislative Services, Tallahassee, FL;  and Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, Assistant Attorney General, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.