State v. Washington

hPER CURIAM.

Defendant, Timothy Washington, filed a motion to recuse Judge Louis Daniel, who had been assigned to try defendant for second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Judge Bonnie Jackson heard the motion to recuse on July 23, 1999, and granted defendant’s motion. Judge Jackson ordered the case randomly reallotted in accordance with Local Rule III, § 8 of the 19th Judicial District Court. However, that order, and the Local Rule, conflicted with Code of Criminal Procedure article 676(B), which at that time stated:

When a district court judge, or a judge of a…