Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Law governing legal fees unconstitutional, Miami-Dade judge says ...

October 30th, 2012

A Miami-Dade judge says a law tying legal bills for defending death penalty defendants to annual budgets of state judges is unconstitutional.

Circuit Judge Victoria Sigler said the law violates Florida?s constitution, which guarantees a separation of power between the judiciary and lawmakers who are supposed to be the ones who allocate money for indigent clients.

The ruling, certain to be reviewed by higher courts, could force changes to how the state appropriates money to defend people too poor to afford their own lawyers.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/29/3073244/law-governing-legal-fees-unconstitutional.html

By: David Edelstein October 30, 2012.

Source: http://www.miami-criminal-lawyer.net/blog/tweets/law-governing-legal-fees-unconstitutional-miami-dade-judge-says/

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