         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-1534
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DAGO BRUCE HALE,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Prohibition—Original Jurisdiction.


                        October 15, 2018


PER CURIAM.

     The petition for writ of prohibition is denied on the merits.
See Amato v. Winn Dixie Stores/Sedgwick James, 810 So. 2d 979
(Fla. 1st DCA 2002) (observing that whether a motion to
disqualify was timely filed generally will involve a factual
determination, and thus, is reviewed to determine whether
competent, substantial evidence supports the trial court’s ruling).

ROBERTS, ROWE, and RAY, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Anne M. Rush, Alachua, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Amanda Stokes, Senior
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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