Justice Administrative Commission v. Connor
The JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION, a State Agency, Petitioner, v. James J. CONNOR, Esquire, Respondent
Citation24 So. 3d 1277, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 20502, 2009 WL 5152648
Date Filed2009-12-31
Docket1D09-5107
JudgeBarfield, Van Nortwick Clark
Cited1 times
StatusPublished
Attorneys
Christian D. Lake, for Petitioner., James J. Connor, pro se, Appellee.
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We agree with petitioner, the Justice Administrative Commission (“JAC”), that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in awarding respondent, court-appointed counsel, attorney’s fees where the JAC was not served with respondent’s motion for fees and where the trial court did not conduct a hearing on the motion. See § 27.5304, Fla. Stat.
Accordingly, we GRANT the petition for writ of certiorari, QUASH the order *1278 awarding fees, and REMAND for further proceedings.