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To: abb

Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.330 requires a trial judge to grant a motion to disqualify without determining the accuracy of the allegations in the motion, so long as the motion is “legally sufficient.” R.M.C., 77 So. 3d at 236.

“A motion is legally sufficient if it alleges facts that would create in a reasonably prudent person a wellfounded
fear of not receiving a fair and impartial trial.” Id. (citing MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So. 2d 1332 (Fla. 1990)).

Although many of the allegations in Zimmerman’s motion, standing alone, do not meet the legal sufficiency test, and while this is admittedly a close call, upon careful review we find that the allegations, taken together, meet the threshold test of legal sufficiency.

Accordingly, we direct the trial judge to enter an order of disqualification which requests the chief circuit judge to appoint a successor judge.


6 posted on 08/29/2012 2:19:17 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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I saw the dissenting opinion in that .PDF, and the dissent was over the degree of Lester’s conduct. This is great George Zimmerman won the appeal, but he got it by the skin of his teeth.

Let’s hope for better luck in the future when he gets (hopefully) a fairer Judge.


8 posted on 08/29/2012 2:27:01 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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