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FL upholds conflict defender office creation

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The Florida Supreme Court upheld the creation of conflicts defender officers in Crist v. Florida Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Inc., --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 659435 (Fla. March 13, 2008): The issue in this case is whether the Legislature violated article V, section 18 of the Florida Constitution by enacting chapter 2007-62, Laws of Florida, which creates five Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel to handle representation in criminal cases where a public defender has a conflict. We conclude that the creation of the five regional offices to handle representation in criminal cases where a public defender has a conflict does not implicate article V, section 18, which requires that the public defender in each circuit be elected...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).