Ex Parte Rollins

Ella Mae Rollins petitions this Court to require a trial judge to recuse himself because of personal conflict between the petitioner's attorney and the trial judge. The petition is granted.

Rollins is a defendant in a non-jury civil action involving a sale of real property for division of the proceeds. The Honorable Billy J. Sheffield is the trial judge in this case in the Henry County Circuit Court. On August 28, 1985, Rollins filed a motion asking the judge to recuse himself; it was denied without a hearing on November 8, 1985. The basis for the motion to recuse was an alleged personal…