MASTEN v. STATE

No. 3D14-0817.

159 So.3d 996 (2015)

Richard MASTEN, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 20, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diaz Reus & Targ, LLP, and Carlos F. Gonzalez ; Edward J. O'Donnell , for petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine , Assistant Attorney General; Linda Kelly Kearson , Office of the General Counsel, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, for respondents.

Before SALTER, FERNANDEZ and LOGUE, JJ.


Richard Masten seeks a writ of prohibition contending the trial judge erred in denying his motion to disqualify. We find the motion was legally sufficient to require recusal.

Masten was charged with direct criminal contempt, found guilty, and sentenced to probation. He moved for a stay of his sentence, which was denied. He then...

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