Arnone v. State

Thomas A. Arnone filed a petition for writ of prohibition challenging the sua sponte order of the Chief Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit that reassigned and consolidated his criminal case with another criminal case. We treat the petition as one seeking certiora-ri review, and dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction. See Parkway Bank v. Fort Myers Armature Works, Inc., 658 So.2d 646 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

The state charged Mr. Arnone and his two eodefendants with racketeering for the alleged sale of obscene magazines at the Varsity Theater between August 1994 and April 1996. His case was initially…