Case Name: Carl Ray SONGER, Appellant, v. CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-12-27
Citations: 462 So. 2d 54
Docket Number: No. 83-1430
Parties: Carl Ray SONGER, Appellant, v. CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, Appellee.
Judges: FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr. and SHARP, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 462
Pages: 54–54

Head Matter:
Carl Ray SONGER, Appellant, v. CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 83-1430.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 27, 1984.
Joseph Jordan, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Larry M. Haag, Citrus County Atty., In-verness, for appellee.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, Judge.
Contrary to appellant's assertion, there is nothing in sections 27.53, 925.035 or 925.-036, Florida Statutes (1983) which authorizes the imposition of attorney's fees on a county for the representation of a criminal defendant in post-conviction collateral proceedings. Therefore the trial court was correct when it declined to assess attorney's fees and expenses against Citrus County for the work done by appellant's attorney in filing a motion to vacate the imposition of the death penalty and in appealing the denial of that motion. The order denying assessment of fees against Citrus County is therefore
AFFIRMED.
FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr. and SHARP, JJ., concur.