STATE EX REL. MORGAN v. BAIRD

No. 95-01238.

660 So.2d 328 (1995)

STATE of Florida ex. rel. Michael L. MORGAN, Petitioner, v. W. Douglas BAIRD, Circuit Court Judge, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Schwartzberg, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kimberly D. Nolen, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for respondent.


BLUE, Acting Chief Judge.

By petition for writ of prohibition, we are asked to determine the propriety of an order denying a motion to disqualify the respondent judge. We conclude that the motion and its supporting documents were legally sufficient and, consequently, the trial judge erred in failing to disqualify himself.

The following facts appear in the petition and supporting documents filed below. Michael L. Morgan was before the respondent judge for sentencing...

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