Pounds v. State

Full title: Wade Pounds, Petitioner, v. The State of Florida, Respondent.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Jul 17, 2019

No. 3D19-1165 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 17, 2019)

Opinion

No. 3D19-1165

07-17-2019

Wade Pounds, Petitioner, v. The State of Florida, Respondent.

Wade Pounds, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for respondent the State of Florida.

MILLER, J.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. Lower Tribunal No. 06-24000B A Case of Original Jurisdiction - Prohibition. Wade Pounds, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for respondent the State of Florida. Before SALTER, MILLER, and GORDO, JJ. MILLER, J.

We treat the instant appeal as a petition for writ of prohibition. See Benitez v. Benitez, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D999 (Fla. 3d DCA Apr. 17, 2019); Eato v. State, 7 So. 3d 633 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). As the trial court properly denied the disqualification motion as legally insufficient, we hereby deny the petition for writ of prohibition. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.330(f) ("If any motion is legally insufficient, an order denying the motion shall immediately be entered."); see also Thompson v. State, 759 So. 2d 650, 659 (Fla. 2000) ("[T]he fact that a judge has ruled adversely to the party in the past does not constitute a legally sufficient ground for a motion to disqualify.") (citations omitted).

Petition denied.