Case Name: James RUSSO, etc., Petitioner, v. Gary Alan MOCK, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-25
Citations: 721 So. 2d 722
Docket Number: No. 91954
Parties: James RUSSO, etc., Petitioner, v. Gary Alan MOCK, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON, KOGAN, WELLS, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 721
Pages: 722–723

Head Matter:
James RUSSO, etc., Petitioner, v. Gary Alan MOCK, Respondent.
No. 91954.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 25, 1998.
Blaise Trettis, Executive Assistant Public Defender, Melbourne, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.

Opinion:
SHAW, Justice.
We have for review Russo v. Mock, 701 So.2d 898 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) (hereinafter Mock), wherein the district court cited for support Russo v. Akers, 701 So.2d 366 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997) (hereinafter Akers), which was pending in this Court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
We have since approved the district court decision in Akers. See Russo v. Akers, No. 91,943, — So.2d -, 1998 WL 821778 (Fla. Nov. 25, 1998) (holding that a trial court can appoint a public defender to represent an indigent defendant in a noncapital proceeding under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850). Accordingly we approve the result in Mock.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and OVERTON, KOGAN, WELLS, ANSTEAD and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.