LEON BYRD, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Williams v. State, 689 So. 2d 393 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997)
  …So. 2d at 107; Provenzano v. State, 616 So. 2d 428, 432 (Fla.1993); Gilliam v. State, 582 So. 2d 610, 611 (Fla.1991); Tafero v. State, 403 So. 2d 355, 361 (Fla.1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 983, 102 S.Ct. 1492, 71 L.Ed.2d 694 (1982); Heier v. Fleet, 642 So. 2d 669 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Furthermore, it is within the province of the court to interject itself, without objection, albeit rarely, into voir dire examination concerning counsel’s questions or comments. Brown v. State, 678 So. 2d 910, 913 (Fla. 4th DCA…
• Soulaymane Cherradi v. The Honorable Robert Lance Andrews, 669 So. 2d 326 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …DCA 1994). Just as adverse judicial rulings do not form a proper basis for disqualification, an expressed intent to appeal the judge’s rulings likewise does not form a basis for disqualification of a judge on the grounds of bias. See Heier v. Fleet, 642 So. 2d 669, 670 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Nor does a party’s expressed intent to file a complaint with the JQC in itself constitute a legally sufficient ground for recusal. The recently amended commentary to Canon 3E(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct states that a…
• D.H. v. Dep't of Child. & Families, 12 So. 3d 266 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009)
  …ilty plea was not required to disqualify himself as a material witness when the accused later petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus seeking specific enforcement of the plea bargain); Jackson v. State, 599 So. 2d 103, 107 (Fla.1992); Heier v. Fleet, 642 So. 2d 669 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994); K.H. v. Dep’t of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 527 So. 2d 230, 232 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988) (recognizing the well-established principle that “adverse judicial rulings do not constitute sufficient grounds to disqualify a judge” and…

Authorities Cited

• Lynch v. State, 293 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 1974)
• Konstantinos X. Fotopoulos v. State, 608 So. 2d 784 (Fla. 1992)