State v. Agnello

{¶ 1} Roger M. Synenberg, counsel for defendant, Carmine Agnello, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Steven E. Gall from presiding over any further proceedings in the above-captioned criminal case. Although the underlying case has been pending for over a year, Judge Gall was assigned to the matter only recently.

{¶ 2} Mr. Synenberg claims that while the case was assigned to a previous judge, Mr. Synenberg had a substantive “ex parte” conversation with Judge Gall about the case. Specifically, Mr. Synenberg avers that when he and…