State v. Riordan

OPINION

{1} Defendant J. Tyrone Riordan has applied for interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order denying his motion requesting that Judge Karen Parsons recuse herself in three cases in which he is the defendant, including a case in which he was charged with capital murder. Defendant argues that because he was subsequently charged with conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon against Judge Parsons, she should recuse herself in the three pending cases to avoid an appearance of impropriety. We conclude that Judge Parsons did not abuse her discretion in denying Defendant’s motion…