State ex rel. Sagonias v. Bird

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

In original proceedings in prohibition filed by the relator in this court, the relator seeks to oust the respondent of his jurisdiction to act as the trial judge in the trial of certain criminal charges now pending against the relator in the Circuit Court of Pinellas County, involving a violation of the lottery laws of this state. The relator had previously made application to the respondent to recuse himself from the trial of the relator on the ground of bias and prejudice, and the respondent had declined to do so. The principal question here is the legal sufficiency…