Dorch v. State

952 So.2d 1244 (2007)

Edward DORCH, Petitioner,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 3D07-573.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 4, 2007.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Assistant Public Defender, Miami, for petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Orlando, and Michael C. Greenberg, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for respondent.

Before COPE, C.J., and WELLS and LAGOA, JJ.

COPE, C.J.

Because the trial judge should have disqualified herself, we grant the petition for writ of prohibition.

Edward Dorch was the defendant in a violation of…