Case Name: Jeremiah Martel RODGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-03-01
Citations: 869 So. 2d 604
Docket Number: No. 1D00-0748
Parties: Jeremiah Martel RODGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, VAN NORTWICK and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 869
Pages: 604–605

Head Matter:
Jeremiah Martel RODGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-0748.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 1, 2004.
Mark E. Olive, Esq. and Amanda Re-gan-Worl, Esq. of the Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Curtis M. French, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Jeremiah Martel Rodgers, appeals his convictions and sentences and argues that the trial judge erred in denying his motion to disqualify. Upon careful review of the record, we conclude that a reasonably prudent person, faced with the facts of this case, would be placed in fear of not receiving a fair and impartial trial before the trial judge. See Livingston v. State, 858 So.2d 353, 354 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (holding that the question of whether a trial judge erred in denying a motion to disqualify is whether a reasonably prudent person, faced with the facts of the case, would be put in fear of not receiving a fair and impartial trial before the presiding judge); see also Livingston v. State, 441 So.2d 1083, 1087 (Fla.1983) ("[A] party seeking to disqualify a judge need only show 'a well grounded fear that he will not receive a fair trial at the hands of the judge.' ") (quoting State ex rel. Brown v. Dewell, 131 Fla. 566, 179 So. 695, 697-98 (1938)); Levine v. State, 650 So.2d 666, 667 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).
REVERSED and REMANDED for a new trial.
BOOTH, VAN NORTWICK and LEWIS, JJ., concur.