Jackson v. Korda

HERSEY, Judge.

Larry Keith Jackson filed, in the trial court, a motion for disqualification of Respondent as the presiding judge in two criminal cases in which Jackson was defendant. The motion was denied and Jackson petitioned this Court for a Writ of Mandamus requiring respondent to disqualify himself. The appropriate remedy is by way of Prohibition. Bundy v. Rudd, 366 So.2d 440 (Fla.1978). Accordingly, we treated the petition as one for a Writ of Prohibition and issued an order to show cause why Prohibition should not be granted. In response, respondent stated that Jackson’s motion for…