In re Disqualification of Stevenson

{¶ 1} Defendant Dennis J. Mills has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge James F. Stevenson from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 13CR000339, pending for trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Shelby County. ■

{¶ 2} Mills claims that he will not receive a fair trial before Judge Stevenson because in 2006, the judge — while serving as the county prosecuting attorney— prosecuted Mills in a rape ease. Mills claims that the allegations against him in the underlying abduction case are “somewhat similar” to the allegations in…