Cheek v. State

Appellant William Patrick Cheek contends that the trial judge in his-case should have recused in light of the Prosecuting Attorney’s participation on the judge’s re-election committee. Like our colleagues in the parallel appeal of Abney *390v. State, we. conclude that the Code of Judicial Conduct did not require recusal.. Facts and Procedural History

In October 2015, the State charged Cheek with three felony drug offenses. After Cheek failed to appear for a February 2016 pre-trial conference, the State charged him with the additional "offense of faitee to appear. At his jury trial on that charge,'…