Blair v. State

Warren Dean Blair, the appellant, was indicted and convicted for the unlawful possession of Pentazocine (Talwin). The jury imposed a $25,000 fine and the trial judge sentenced Blair as a habitual offender to twenty-five years' imprisonment. Three issues are argued on appeal.

I

It is argued that the trial judge erred in not recusing himself because of his personal prejudice against Blair.

On November 29, 1982, Calhoun County Circuit Judge Samuel H. Monk, II, accepted Blair's guilty plea to the offense. The judge delayed sentencing so that Blair could "get his personal affairs in order." Blair…