DELOACH v. STATE

No. 1D05-0676.

911 So.2d 888 (2005)

Frank DELOACH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Miller, Esquire, Ft. Walton Beach, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges the denial of his motion to disqualify the trial judge. We reverse. At the hearing, a point in contention was whether the Appellee's witness qualified as an expert. Before the hearing, the court sua sponte informed Appellant that, during an ex parte meeting, it had advised the Appellee's witness regarding the steps he needed to take to qualify as an expert, and offered to recuse himself. When Appellant accepted the offer to disqualify...

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