Lages v. State

PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Anthony G. Lages appeals the trial court’s order which summarily denied his petition to disqualify the trial judge and summarily de*969nied his motion for posteonviction relief. We reverse because the petition to disqualify the trial judge was legally sufficient.

Lages filed his motion for posteonviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, raising sixteen issues. On the same day, Lages filed an eight-page petition to disqualify Judge William J. Nelson from hearing the motion. Judge Nelson was the trial judge who presided over Lages’ trial and…