BROWN v. PATE

No. 91-371.

577 So.2d 645 (1991)

Alan BROWN, Petitioner, v. Dorothy H. PATE, As Circuit Judge of the Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry L. Zisser, Nancy N. Nowlis, and Donald E. Brown of Zisser, Robison, Spohrer and Wilner, P.A., Jacksonville, for petitioner.


PER CURIAM.

Alan Brown petitions this court for a writ of prohibition, contending that Circuit Judge Dorothy Pate erroneously denied his motion to disqualify her from presiding over a dependency proceeding involving his children. For the reasons that follow, we deny the petition.

In April, 1990, Margaret Brown was discovered dead inside her car at a Jacksonville shopping center. Subsequently her husband Alan was charged with the murder of his wife. There are...

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