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Manzanares v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Dec 28, 2022
No. 1D22-3565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Dec. 28, 2022)

Opinion

1D22-3565

12-28-2022

Christian Alexis Meza Manzanares, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Robert Charlie Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent. Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and John J. Knowles, First Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.


Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

Petition for Writ of Prohibition-Original Jurisdiction.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Robert "Charlie" Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and John J. Knowles, First Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

PER CURIAM

Dismissed.

M.K Thomas and Tanenbaum, JJ, concur; Bilbrey, J., dissents with opinion.

Bilbrey, J., dissenting.

Petitioner has sought a writ of prohibition to disqualify the county court judge presiding in his criminal traffic case. I would issue an order to show cause directing the State to respond to the petition and respectfully dissent from the denial of the petition. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.100(h) (allowing an appellate court to direct a response when "the petition demonstrates a preliminary basis for relief"). The petition alleges that the county judge has an inflexible sentencing policy, which can be a basis to disqualify a trial judge. See Dunlevy v. State, 201 So.3d 733, 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). The petition also states another potential ground for disqualification. See Bundy v. Rudd, 366 So.2d 440, 442 (Fla. 1978) ("When a judge has looked beyond the mere legal sufficiency of a suggestion of prejudice and attempted to refute the charges of partiality, he has then exceeded the proper scope of his inquiry and on that basis alone established grounds for his disqualification.").


Summaries of

Manzanares v. State

Florida Court of Appeals, First District
Dec 28, 2022
No. 1D22-3565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Dec. 28, 2022)
Case details for

Manzanares v. State

Case Details

Full title:Christian Alexis Meza Manzanares, Petitioner, v. State of Florida…

Court:Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Dec 28, 2022

Citations

No. 1D22-3565 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Dec. 28, 2022)