Pressey v. State

KLEIN, Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition directed to an order denying his motion to disqualify the trial judge. The basis of the motion to disqualify was that the trial judge had announced the sentence he would impose before petitioner’s hearing on revocation of probation took place. Hayes v. State, 686 So.2d 694 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) and cases cited therein.

The material portions of the petition for writ of prohibition allege:

1. On January 22, 1998, Petitioner was before the Court for a pretrial conference.

2. At the hearing, the undersigned told the Court that more time was needed to…