Opinion
No. 80-1010.
November 12, 1981.
Appeal from Circuit Court, St. Lucie County; C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge, Judge.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
AFFIRMED.
HERSEY, J., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., (Retired), Associate Judge, concur.
BERANEK, J., concurs specially with opinion.
This case involves a determination of insolvency pursuant to Section 27.52, Florida Statutes (1979). The trial court applied the statute, concluded defendant/appellant was not insolvent, and denied his request for appointed counsel. I cannot fault the trial court in concluding that defendant was solvent in view of the statute. I write separately only to point out that inflation has taken its toll on the numbers placed in the statute and to urge that the matter be further considered by the Legislature.