STATE v. CHRISTOPHER

No. 93-1606.

623 So.2d 1228 (1993)

The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Michael Lee CHRISTOPHER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Atty., and Paul Mendelson, Asst. State Atty., for petitioner.

Carl L. Masztal, Miami, Rhonda A. Anderson, Coral Gables, for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

The State petitions for certiorari to review an order disqualifying an assistant state attorney from prosecuting a perjury charge. We grant the petition and quash the order under review.

The respondent, Michael Lee Christopher, is a City of Miami police Lieutenant who is being prosecuted for perjury stemming from a statement he gave on September 24, 1991, regarding the Leonardo Mercado use of force...

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