Legal Opinion

Salazar v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 25, 1998No. 97-4303Published

1Per curiam

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to disqualify the Honorable Howard Berman from presiding over his case. We grant the petition on the authority of Port Everglades Authority v. Andrews, 603 So.2d 118 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Accordingly, we remand this cause with directions to the Chief Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to assign a replacement judge.

PROHIBITION GRANTED.

STONE, C.J., and DELL and WARNER, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Port Everglades Authority v. AndrewsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992