Brice Cook v. State of Tennessee

08/25/2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON May 28, 2020 Session1 BRICE COOK v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 08-07496 Lee V. Coffee, Judge ___________________________________ No. W2018-00237-SC-R11-PC ___________________________________ The dispositive question in this appeal is whether the post-conviction judge should have recused himself because his impartiality might reasonably be questioned. We answer this question in the affirmative and hold that the post-conviction judge was obligated to…