Case Name: Wilson SAINTIL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Arthur I. SNYDER, Judge of the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-08-03
Citations: 417 So. 2d 784
Docket Number: No. 82-1026
Parties: Wilson SAINTIL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Arthur I. SNYDER, Judge of the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before BARKDULL and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and WILLIAM C. OWEN, Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 417
Pages: 784–785

Head Matter:
Wilson SAINTIL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Arthur I. SNYDER, Judge of the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, Respondent.
No. 82-1026.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 3, 1982.
Brian W. Pariser, Miami, for petitioner.
Janet Reno, State Atty. and Arthur Joel Berger, Asst. State Atty., for respondent.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Asst. Public Defender, as amicus curiae.
Before BARKDULL and SCHWARTZ, JJ., and WILLIAM C. OWEN, Jr. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
As in Johnson v. Snyder, 417 So.2d 783 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982), we hold that the fact that an indigent defendant is represented by a private attorney retained by his family or friends rather than the public defender or other counsel appointed by the court provides no basis for departing from the requirements that the county pay the reasonable costs of defense. Sections 939.07, 914.06, 914.11, Florida Statutes (1981); Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.220(k). Accordingly, the petition for mandamus is granted and the respondent judge is ordered to determine after hearing whether the petitioner is in fact indigent and, if so, to order that such costs be borne and paid by Dade County.