In re Disqualification of Huffman

{¶ 1} Gregory Leet, the defendant in the underlying proceeding, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Mary Katherine Huffman from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 2010-CR-00635, now pending for a new trial in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.

{¶ 2} Leet alleges that during his first trial, Judge Huffman exhibited bias against him in “the manner in which she treated the State’s witnesses as opposed to the way she treated [Leet’s] witnesses.” Leet also asserts that Judge Huffman’s comments at his initial…