Houck v. State

Defendant appeals from orders 1) denying her motion to recuse; 2) denying her motion to strike or dismiss the warrant for violation of community control; and 3) finding her in violation of community control, and from the sentence imposed as a result of that violation of community control. We reverse the trial court’s denial of the motion to recuse, and remand for new proceedings.

In a previous ease in which defendant appeared before this same trial judge on criminal charges, the judge recused himself based upon certain personal allegations made about him to his wife, by either defendant…