Riggins v. State

Banke, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery and possession of marijuana. He moved to disqualify the trial judge alleging him to be biased due to occurrences which allegedly took place when the judge was district attorney for the county. He alleges that he was tried and convicted of burglary during that period and that his refusal to testify against another defendant resulted in the acquittal of that defendant, engendering “certain remarks ... by members of the district attorney’s office, including the now presiding judge, which would tend to result in present bias or the…