In re Disqualification of Farmer

{¶ 1} Kenneth W. Frame, counsel for defendant, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Kristin G. Farmer from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 2013CR1718 in the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County.

{¶ 2} Frame requests Judge Farmer’s disqualification because the judge is married to a sergeant in the Alliance Police Department who “is in a supervisory position over the officers who made the arrest in this case and are listed as witnesses for the trial.”

{¶ 3} Judge Farmer has responded in writing to Frame’s affidavit.…