Baker v. State

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Possession of a pistol after having been convicted of a crime of violence: sentence, five years imprisonment.

Counsel for Baker has correctly and commendably confined his argument to a claim that the trial judge should have granted Baker’s motion that the judge recuse himself.

We consider that there are two reasons which preclude our finding error.

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First, the motion should have been filed at the earliest opportunity. This principle rests on rationale that requests for recusal should not be disguises for dilatoriness on the part of the defendant. See Grotman v. Hahn, 59…