Legal Opinion
Eato v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 15, 2009No. 3D08-1335PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLS, Judge.
Charles Eato appeals from an order denying his pro se motion to disqualify Judges Jacqueline Hogan Scola and Peter R. Lopez in case numbers F03-2288A and F03-2289A. 1 We treat the instant appeal as a petition for writ of prohibition, see Madura v. Turosienski, 901 So.2d 396, 397 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (treating the appeal from an order denying a motion to disqualify the trial judge as a petition for writ of prohibition), which we deny finding no abuse of discretion. See King v. State, 840 So.2d 1047,1049 (Fla.2003) (stating that an order denying a motion to disqualify is reviewed for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Madura v. TurosienskiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
3Cited by3 opinions
- S.B. v. Florida Department of Children & FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
- Benitez v. BenitezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
- SB v. Florida Department of Children and FamiliesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009