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Porter v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 16, 1997
688 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 1997)

Summary

denying motion to disqualify Twentieth Judicial Circuit

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Opinion

Case Nos. 85,410 85,404.

Opinion filed January 16, 1997.


CORRECTED ORDER

Appellant/Petitioner's Motion for Clarification of Order and Appellant/Petitioner's Motion to Disqualify Twentieth Judicial Circuit and Request for Assignment of Another Judicial Circuit filed in the above causes are hereby denied.

OVERTON, GRIMES, HARDING and WELLS, JJ., concur

ANSTEAD, J., dissents with an opinion, in which SHAW, J., concurs.


Even if just for the sake of judicial efficiency, I would grant the appellant's request to enlarge the scope of the hearing to be conducted below to include a claim for a new trial based upon the allegations of judicial bias. We have acted because of a mandate by the federal courts that the appellant's allegations of judicial bias require an evidentiary hearing. It is apparent that this claim, if established, would provide a basis for a claim for a new trial. Instead of treating defendant's claims piecemeal, we should allow them both to be treated in the same proceedings below.

SHAW, J., concurs.


Summaries of

Porter v. State

Supreme Court of Florida
Jan 16, 1997
688 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 1997)

denying motion to disqualify Twentieth Judicial Circuit

Summary of this case from Porter v. State
Case details for

Porter v. State

Case Details

Full title:RALEIGH PORTER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE. RALEIGH PORTER…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Jan 16, 1997

Citations

688 So. 2d 318 (Fla. 1997)

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