DOUGHERTY v. STATE

No. 99-03179.

746 So.2d 486 (1999)

Jared Leroy DOUGHERTY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Dillinger, Public Defender, and Michael D. Fluke, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wendy Buffington, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Jared Leroy Dougherty filed a petition for writ of prohibition seeking to disqualify the Honorable Brandt C. Downey, III, from presiding over his upcoming trial for first-degree murder. By prior unpublished order we denied the petition with prejudice, but advised that this opinion would follow. The petition is based on Judge Downey's public criticism of a jury's verdict of acquittal in one unrelated criminal case involving a different defendant, Johnny...

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