STOKES v. STATE

No. 4D99-1779.

756 So.2d 1100 (2000)

Merle J. STOKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle J. Stokes, Arcadia, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order that denied Merle Stokes' petition for writ of habeas corpus. After that order was entered, it was brought to the judge's attention that he had previously disqualified himself from the case, but that there was no written order to that effect in the file. The judge then entered a written order disqualifying himself from the case nunc pro tunc to the date of the oral ruling.

The order denying the petition must be reversed...

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