State v. Donahoo

OPINION

CASTILLO, Judge.

{1} In this ease, we are asked to examine the jurisdiction of a metropolitan court judge, Judge Barnhart—who, although not assigned to Defendant’s ease, presided over a portion of the case because of the unavailability of the assigned judge. Defendant argues that under the applicable rules of criminal procedure, Judge Barnhart was without jurisdiction to preside in this case. Therefore, Defendant contends, any ruling made by Judge Barnhart must be void. In our notice of proposed summary disposition, we proposed to hold that Judge Barnhart had the authority to preside…