Case Name: Martin SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-02-25
Citations: 705 So. 2d 1074
Docket Number: No. 97-4303
Parties: Martin SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and DELL and WARNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 705
Pages: 1074–1075

Head Matter:
Martin SALAZAR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 97-4303.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 25, 1998.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sarah B. Mayer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to disqualify the Honorable Howard Berman from presiding over his case. We grant the petition on the authority of Port Everglades Authority v. Andrews, 603 So.2d 118 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Accordingly, we remand this cause with directions to the Chief Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to assign a replacement judge.
PROHIBITION GRANTED.
STONE, C.J., and DELL and WARNER, JJ., concur.