Case Name: Brian W. AREND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-09-24
Citations: 149 So. 3d 126
Docket Number: No. 4D14-2488
Parties: Brian W. AREND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: STEVENSON, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 149
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
Brian W. AREND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 4D14-2488.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 24, 2014.
Michael D. Weinstein of Michael D. Weinstein, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Angela E. Noble, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petition for writ of prohibition is granted. Petitioner's motion to disqualify the trial judge was legally sufficient. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.330(d)(1). The facts alleged would prompt a reasonably pru dent person to fear that he could not get a fair hearing. See MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So.2d 1332, 1335 (Fla.1990); Franco v. State, 777 So.2d 1138, 1140 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (recognizing that a judge's hostility toward counsel can, in some circumstances, provide a reasonable basis for a client to fear bias); Hayslip v. Douglas, 400 So.2d 553, 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981).
STEVENSON, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.