DORCH v. STATE

No. 3D07-573.

952 So.2d 1244 (2007)

Edward DORCH, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Assistant Public Defender, Miami, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Orlando, and Michael C. Greenberg, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for respondent.

Before COPE, C.J., and WELLS and LAGOA, JJ.


COPE, C.J.

Because the trial judge should have disqualified herself, we grant the petition for writ of prohibition.

Edward Dorch was the defendant in a violation of probation proceeding. Defendant-petitioner Dorch had been adjudicated incompetent to proceed with the probation violation hearing due to mental illness. The defendant had been reevaluated and the matter was pending for a determination whether the defendant had regained competency.

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