Jordan v. Hodges

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from an order holding appellant-attorney in contempt for abandoning two clients’ criminal cases.

1. On the date set for appellant to show cause why he should not be held in contempt, he filed a motion to recuse the trial judge. The trial judge ruled the motion untimely and refused to consider it.

In Hunnicutt v. Hunnicutt, 248 Ga. 516, 518 (283 SE2d 891), the Supreme Court held that a motion to recuse and its accompanying affidavit should “ ‘satisfy at least two time requirements: It should (1) show that it was filed promptly and without delay, at the…