State v. Quinn

{¶ 1} Defendant James E. Quinn has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Douglas M. Rastatter from presiding over any further proceedings in the above-captioned case, which is pending before the common pleas court on Quinn’s petition for postconviction relief.

{¶ 2} Quinn claims that Judge Rastatter “lied” in a July 28, 2014 entry and therefore the judge has a “fixed view of defendant’s guilt.” Specifically, Quinn asserts that the judge stated in the entry that he had reviewed the “case file, defendant’s motion, and a transcript of the…