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BENSON v. THARPE

Nos. 96-02108, 96-02128, 96-02449, 96-02806 and 96-02808.

685 So.2d 1363 (1996)

Angela Marie BENSON, Petitioner, v. Honorable Chet A. THARPE, Circuit Judge, Respondent. Edward MULLINS, Petitioner, v. Honorable Chet A. THARPE, Circuit Judge, Respondent. Damon Frank SCANLON, Petitioner, v. Honorable Chet A. THARPE, Circuit Judge, Respondent. John SMITH, Petitioner, v. Honorable Chet A. THARPE, Circuit Judge, Respondent. Jessica TURNER, Petitioner, v. Honorable Chet A. THARPE, Circuit Judge, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender; and Theda R. James and Deborah A. Goins, Assistant Public Defenders, Tampa, for Petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee; and Jon J. Johnson and John T. Salgado, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

These consolidated petitions for writ of prohibition seek the respondent's disqualification from presiding over five juveniles' criminal trials in the adult division of the circuit court. The petitions are based on comments by the respondent in an unrelated case. Because we are convinced, from a reading of the entire record, that this trial judge has not formed an intent to ignore the clear dictates of the law, the petitions are denied.

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