Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Bryant v. State

Bryant v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 10, 1987 · Barfield, Joanos, Smith
503 So. 2d 361; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 470; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 11925 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Bryant v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellants challenge the alleged continuous assignment of a county judge, the Honorable Judge Richard L. Hood, acting as circuit court judge, to preside over Chapter 394 (Baker Act) proceedings. Appellants assert that Judge Hood’s continuous assignment as acting circuit court judge is improper and therefore he lacks subject matter jurisdiction to preside over their Baker Act proceedings. We have no authority to act without a factual basis for these allegations in the record. Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 1979). We therefore affirm appellants’ commitment orders, but this is without prejudice to appellants should they seek to challenge subject matter jurisdic*362tion through a habeas corpus proceeding in the circuit court.

AFFIRMED.

SMITH, JOANOS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.

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