BATES v. SLAUGHTER

Nos. EE-360, EE-402.

347 So.2d 764 (1977)

Dean BATES, Petitioner, v. S. Morgan SLAUGHTER, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Fourth Circuit, Duval County, Florida, Respondent. STATE of Florida ex rel. Dean BATES, Petitioner, v. Clifford B. SHEPARD, Circuit Judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Cohen, Tampa, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


MILLS, Judge.

These cases are consolidated for disposition by us. Bates petitions us to issue a writ of mandamus to Slaughter, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Duval County, directing Slaughter to transfer a criminal case pending against Bates in Duval County to the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County. In addition, Bates suggests that we issue a writ of prohibition directed to Judge Shepard, a Circuit Judge of Duval County, prohibiting the Judge from proceeding further...

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