Case Name: Edgardo PEREZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-11-29
Citations: 771 So. 2d 1285
Docket Number: No. 3D00-3122
Parties: Edgardo PEREZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 771
Pages: 1285–1285

Head Matter:
Edgardo PEREZ, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 3D00-3122.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 29, 2000.
Levine & Finger and Jay L. Levine, Miami, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Jill K. Traína, Assistant Attorney General for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the holding that the statements made by the trial judge provide a well founded fear that the defendant would not receive a unbiased subsequent hearing, we conclude that the motion to disqualify him was erroneously denied. See Gonzalez v. Goldstein, 633 So.2d 1183 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); Michaud-Berger v. Hurley, 607 So.2d 441 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992), review denied, 614 So.2d 503 (Fla.1993); Lamendola v. Grossman, 439 So.2d 960 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). The application for a writ of prohibition precluding his further participation in the cause is granted.
Prohibition granted.