State v. Martin

BENHAM, Justice.

This case is an interim review that was initiated by the State in a pending death penalty case. This Court, upon considering the State’s application for interim review and Martin’s motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, provisionally granted the application and ordered the parties to address the following question:

Whether this Court has jurisdiction to consider the State’s argument that the State’s motion to recuse was improperly denied and, if so, whether that motion was properly denied.

For the reasons set forth below, we conclude the jurisdiction question in the…