STATE v. COVINGTON

No. 1D12-1885.

131 So.3d 10 (2012)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Stephen M. COVINGTON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Carolyn M. Snurkowski , Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Charlie R. McCoy , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Major B. Harding and Erik M. Figlio of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, for Judge Charles Dodson.

Honorable Ronald Ficarrotta , Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges of Florida, Inc., Tampa, for Amicus Curiae.


VAN NORTWICK, J.

The State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit seeks a petition for a writ of certiorari or, in the alternative, a writ of prohibition. By his petition, the State Attorney, Willie Meggs, seeks to overturn an order entered by the Honorable Charles W. Dodson in the above-styled cause. The order at issue requires the Office of the State Attorney to prepare proposed jury instructions and to submit them to the trial court on the day prior to the commencement...

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