[Vision2020] Zimm's lawyer to ask Florida to pay up to $300, 000 in legal costs

[Scott Dredge]

Do you know if attorney fees - had they been incurred - would be eligible for reimbursement?  The article is very vague and lists 'Zimmerman will rely on state law that allows a defendant who has been 
found not guilty to be reimbursed for costs associated with a case.'

And Wayne asking why this isn't uniform across all states and being charged to the AG's cost center is a good question.

CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
From: thansen at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Zimm's lawyer to ask Florida to pay up to $300, 000 in legal costs
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:18:33 -0700
To: scooterd408 at hotmail.com

The "reimbursement" is not for attorney costs, as the attorneys (as hig-priced as they my be), donated their time and efforts pro bono.  
The reimbursement is for costs related to witness availability and other defense material costs incurred by the defendant. 

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On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com> wrote:




In Florida can you really put up a high priced defense and then get reimbursed when acquitted?  Sounds like a cash cow for Florida defense lawyers.

'Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, was found not guilty of murder and
 manslaughter on July 13 in Florida after a racially charged trial in 
the shooting of Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in February 
2012. Thousands of people demonstrated across the United States after 
the verdict.'

http://news.yahoo.com/zimmerman-lawyer-ask-florida-pay-300-000-legal-042625962.html


 		 	   		  
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