Parker v. State

Ernest Lee Parker (Defendant), the defendant in resentencing proceedings below, seeks relief barring Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Wennet (Judge Wennet) from continuing to preside over his resentencing. We grant the petition.

Following a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of attempted second degree murder with a firearm (count I), and four other less serious counts. His original sentence included a twenty-five year mandatory minimum term, followed by probation, for the first count, and shorter terms for the other counts, imposed concurrently. The state appealed, Defendant…