State v. Cornwell

This affidavit of disqualification was filed by James S. Gentile and E. Winther McCroom, counsel for defendant, seeking the disqualification of Judge R. Scott Krichbaum from further proceedings in the above-captioned case.

Affiants contend that Judge Krichbaum is biased and prejudiced against defendant Sydney Cornwell because the judge accepted guilty pleas from defendants Williams, McGaha, and Bunkley, three accomplices of Cornwell. In addition, affiants allege that Judge Krichbaum has “sanctioned] and approved” the prosecution’s theory of the case because the pleas of Williams, McGaha, and…