Benczo v. Korda

This matter is before us on a petition for writ of mandamus. It appears that petitioner filed two motions for post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Bro-ward County, Florida, in December, 1987. The motions, each involving a separate criminal case, were processed through the clerk of the circuit court and directed to respondent, The Honorable Lawrence L. Korda. Petitioner alleges that, although a rule was issued in one of the cases directing the state to respond to the petition, no response…