Anthony R. Baker Jr v. State of Florida

Petitioner .Anthony Baker Jr. seeks a writ of prohibition disqualifying the lower tribunal judge from a criminal matter in which Baker is proceeding pro se. For the reasons explained below, we grant the petition, but instead of ordering the appointment of a- successor judge, we quash the order denying the motion for disqualification and remand for the lower tribunal judge to consider the legal sufficiency of Baker’s disqualification motion in the first instance.

Baker filed a motion to disqualify the trial judge who is presiding over his criminal case. It is unnecessary for purposes of this…