MANK v. HENDRICKSON

Nos. 946, 947.

195 So.2d 574 (1967)

Miles B. MANK II, County Judge of Indian River County, Florida, Appellant, v. Earl J. HENDRICKSON, Appellee. Miles B. MANK II, County Judge of Indian River County, Florida, Appellant, v. Evelyn E. HENDRICKSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

February 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, James T. Carlisle, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Graham W. Stikelether, Jr., Vero Beach, for appellant.

Raymond E. Ford, Fort Pierce, and L.B. Vocelle, Vero Beach, for appellees.


WALDEN, Chief Justice.

A county judge was disqualified for prejudice and prohibited from presiding over the cases wherein appellees were charged with a misdemeanor. This was accomplished by a writ of prohibition emanating from a circuit court. The county judge appeals. We affirm.

A change of judge in a criminal case on account of prejudice is obtained by following the procedures found in F.S.A. § 911.01. Thereunder, defendants are required to file their...

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