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Benton v. Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit

Benton v. Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 31, 1980 · Mills, Smith, Wentworth
382 So. 2d 753 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Benton v. Circuit Court for the Second Judicial Circuit

Opinion of the Court

WENTWORTH, Judge.

This cause is before us upon petition for a writ of prohibition. Petitioner has not demonstrated that he is without other adequate means of redress for the alleged wrong about to be inflicted by the

trial court, Prohibition will not lie to usurp the functions of an appeal. State v. Trammell, 192 So. 175 (Fla. 1939); Corbin v. State, 324 So.2d 203 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). Accordingly, the petition is denied.

MILLS, C. J., and LARRY G. SMITH, J., concur.

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