STATE v. COTE

No. 88-1981.

538 So.2d 1356 (1989)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. David Richard COTE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for petitioner.

Jack A. Moring of Bradshaw, Mountjoy & Vitter, Inverness and Charles P. Horn, Crystal River, for respondent.


ORFINGER, Judge.

The State seeks certiorari review1 of an order disqualifying the entire State Attorney's Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit from prosecuting David Cote, who has been indicted for first-degree murder.

Cote's attorney had discussed the pending murder prosecution with Julian Harrison, who was then in private practice. Harrison subsequently accepted an offer of employment...

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