Pincket v. Harris

Appellant, Stephen P. Pincket, appeals the trial court’s order denying his emergency petition for writ of mandamus, which sought to have the trial court order Secretary of State Katherine Harris to revoke her disqualification of Pincket as a candidate for a vacant Tenth Judicial Circuit judicial seat. Because we conclude that the trial court correctly interpreted the constitutional provisions as applied to *285the particular facts of this case and properly denied relief, we affirm.

Judge Robert A. Young was a circuit judge in the Tenth Judicial Circuit with a term expiring on January 2, 2001. In…