BRINSON v. STATE

No. 2D01-2216.

789 So.2d 1125 (2001)

Peter L. BRINSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maura J. Kiefer, St. Petersburg, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.


BLUE, Judge.

We grant Peter L. Brinson's petition for writ of prohibition and direct the chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit to designate an alternate judge to preside over Brinson's pending criminal charges.

The facts surrounding Brinson's concerns about Judge Downey's impartiality were first brought to this court's attention in a prohibition proceeding initiated in this court on May 4, 2001, opened in case number

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