State v. Smith

{¶ 1} Jessica S. McDonald, counsel for defendant in the underlying case, Coty Smith, has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Dale Crawford, a retired judge sitting by assignment, from presiding over further proceedings in case No. CRB 1401930 A-D in the Chillieothe Municipal Court.

{¶ 2} McDonald states that contrary to a court order, her client failed to appear for a recent pretrial hearing and that Judge Crawford thereafter instructed the city law director to “file the necessary criminal charges” against Smith for failure to appear.…