NASSETTA v. KAPLAN

No. 89-2994.

557 So.2d 919 (1990)

Keith NASSETTA, Petitioner, v. Stanton S. KAPLAN, Judge, Circuit Court, Broward County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Deborah Guller, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


LETTS, Judge.

This petition for a writ of prohibition seeks to overturn the trial judge's denial of a motion to disqualify him because he found the motion legally insufficient. Petition is denied.

The petitioner in this case is a lawyer, suspended from the practice of law, and charged with fraud and grand theft of some $650,000. Standard bond was set at $65,000. The defense attorney sought a reduction thereof, allegedly necessary to make bail. The trial judge...

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