Freeman v. State

NESBITT, Judge.

Freeman petitions this court for a writ of common law certiorari, pursuant to Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.030(b)(3), to review the trial court’s order disqualifying his attorney, Albert J. Krieger, from representing him in the case below. Finding that Freeman would not have an adequate remedy on appeal and that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law, we grant certiorari and reverse the order under review.

Freeman was charged with twenty counts of violating Florida’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO), section…