Wade v. State

David Newbern, Judge.

The appellant appeared pro se before a municipal court where he was convicted of speeding and fined $25.00. The fine was suspended for one year. In the municipal court proceedings, the appellant demanded and was denied a trial by jury.

After the municipal court trial, the case went to the circuit court, on appeal, for a trial de novo. The appellant filed a petition asking the circuit judge to disqualify himself, and in response, the circuit court entered an order on October 24, 1979, reciting the following chronology of events: The case was first set for trial to be held…