State v. Banta
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Louis Banta was charged with crime. Order to recuse the judge was denied, and accused applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
It appears from the petition herein that relator was charged with an offense for which he was to be tried by 1he judge (without a jury), and, having been arraigned, pleaded “not guilty”; that he thereafter moved to recuse the judge, upon the ground that he is his (mover’s) personal enemy and is so biased and preju- , diced as. to be incapable of giving him (mover) a fair and impartial trial, which mo- ■ tion was overruled by the judge himself,; on the. ground (as stated by him) that “the allegations contained in the motion are • frivolous — they are without…
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