Case Name: Nicholas DROST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2011-01-21
Citations: 51 So. 3d 1255
Docket Number: No. 5D10-2604
Parties: Nicholas DROST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN, PALMER and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 51
Pages: 1255–1255

Head Matter:
Nicholas DROST, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D10-2604.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 21, 2011.
Nicholas L. Drost, Raiford, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Nicholas Drost appeals the trial court's order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.850. Because the order was entered by a judge who had previously recused himself from the probation revocation proceeding which was the subject of Drost's rule 3.850 motion, said order is void. See Goolsby v. State, 914 So.2d 494 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005). Following the procedure utilized in Gools-by, we deem Drost's notice of appeal as being a petition for writ of mandamus, grant the petition, and remand this matter to the trial court with directions that the post-conviction motion be considered de novo by a different judge.
PETITION GRANTED; CAUSE REMANDED.
GRIFFIN, PALMER and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.