GARCIA v. RIVKIND

Nos. 94-705, 94-806.

639 So.2d 177 (1994)

Miguel GARCIA and Felipe Bouza and Charlie Williams, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Leonard RIVKIND, Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, and the Honorable Harvey Ruvin, Clerk of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Certification Denied August 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Christina A. Spaulding, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioners, who are defendants in county court prosecutions for simple battery which involve domestic violence, seek the issuance of writ of mandamus requiring the respondent chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit to set aside Administrative Orders 92-48 and 92-49. We grant the petitions.

The orders in question purported to establish a domestic violence "department" of the Criminal Division of the Dade County Court, to which the petitioners'...

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